Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the buccinator muscle.

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Examples

  • My uncle Toby instantly withdrew his hand from off my father’s knee, reclined his body gently back in his chair, raised his head till he could just see the cornice of the room, and then directing the buccinatory muscles along his cheeks, and the orbicular muscles around his lips to do their duty — he whistled Lillabullero.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

  • My uncle Toby instantly withdrew his hand from off my father’s knee, reclined his body gently back in his chair, raised his head till he could just see the cornice of the room, and then directing the buccinatory muscles along his cheeks, and the orbicular muscles around his lips to do their duty — he whistled Lillabullero.

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

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