wapper jaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"A flood of moon-light bent through a large bull’s eye in the root of his shop, and fell upon the form of an over-grown chimney sweeper, with one hand pressed against his wapper-jaw, as if expiring with the tooth-ache, while he crouched down and appeared to rummage after something in a pile of rubbish."

Earliest known use is from 1825 (see quotations).

wapper jaws (plural)

wapper-jawed

wapper-jawed

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