Flannel-mouthed
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Possessing, characterized by, or in the manner of speaking of a flannelmouth.; Smooth and persuasive in speech, especially in order to deceive or manipulate.
"I went to her, sat close beside her and tried snuggling up a little. It worked. . . . "I can get them," I said just as flannel-mouthed as ever I could, like all of us talked to her now."
- 2 Possessing, characterized by, or in the manner of speaking of a flannelmouth.; Unclear, muffled, or halting in speech.
"[N]ot only does Kerry have a flannel-mouthed inability to utter a simple sentence, but his orotundities also serve to reinforce the notion that the Senator from Massachusetts is a patrician stiff, too smug to speak in a manner decipherable by ordinary Americans."
Example
More examples"I went to her, sat close beside her and tried snuggling up a little. It worked. . . . "I can get them," I said just as flannel-mouthed as ever I could, like all of us talked to her now."
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