Whopperjawed
//ˈwɑpɚd͡ʒɔd// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Crooked, misaligned, out of sorts.
"[…] whopper jawed fogies, […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"The fact that inexperienced, ignorant men have often been induced by the advice of mere theorists, or their own over-confidence, to undertake this kind of building, resulting, as might naturally be expected, in ungainly, crooked, whopper-jawed, and cracked walls, is no evidence whatever against the system, but only an evidence of the folly of men, in undertaking what they don’t understand."
Etymology
Earliest known use is from 1854 (see quotations).
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