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LONG-JAWED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does long-jawed mean?
• LONG-JAWED (adjective)
The adjective LONG-JAWED has 1 sense:
1. having relatively long jaws
Familiarity information: LONG-JAWED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having relatively long jaws
Similar:
jawed (of animals having jaws of a specified type)
Context examples
“If you dare open that swine's mouth against me,” shouted the woodman, “I'll crop your ears for you before the hangman has the doing of it, thou long-jawed lackbrain.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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