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vanishedone commented on the word wapperjawed
The OED gives wapper as blink, then wapper-jawed as a U.S. term meaning something similar to wapper-eyed (blinking), quoting an 1848 source: 'squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper-jawed'. Since jaws can't blink, I'm unsure exactly what similarity is implied.
September 28, 2008
wytukaze commented on the word wapperjawed
Perhaps openmouthed, gaping? In which case implying that the person is a mouthbreather.
November 14, 2008