Wapper-jawed
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a projecting underjaw.
"Fancy an heir, that a father had seen born well-featured and fair, turning suddenly wry-nosed, club-footed, squint-eyed, hare-lipped, wapper-jawed, car rot-haired, from a pride become an aversion, — my case was yet worse."
Example
More examples"Fancy an heir, that a father had seen born well-featured and fair, turning suddenly wry-nosed, club-footed, squint-eyed, hare-lipped, wapper-jawed, car rot-haired, from a pride become an aversion, — my case was yet worse."
Etymology
Earliest known use is from 1848 (see quotation).
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