He was very thin and lantern-jawed. He dared not meet his own eyes in the mirror; he never looked at himself.
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Lantern-jawed
Synonyms for "lantern-jawed"
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4 translations across 3 languages.
Irish
2 entries- corránach adj (having a protruding or jutting lower jaw)
- lomleicneach adj (having a protruding or jutting lower jaw)
Romanian
1 entries- fălcos adj (having a protruding or jutting lower jaw)
Sundanese
1 entries- cameuh adj (having a protruding or jutting lower jaw)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
A blue-eyed, lantern-jawed old white man, who is two meters tall and one hundred years old, sits in the clearing on what was once the back seat of a taxicab.
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