单词 | satchel-mouthed |
释义 | > as lemmassatchel-mouthed C3. Forming parasynthetic compound adjectives, with the sense ‘having a specified body part resembling or likened to a satchel, esp. in being large or baggy’, esp. in satchel-mouthed (cf. satchel-mouth n. 2). ΚΠ 1887 O. H. Hicks U.S. Patent 374,474 1/2 A satchel-mouthed paper receptacle of character shown and described. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. 102/1 Satchel-arsed, see Arse. 1907 Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Daily News 20 Apr. I won't allow any old satchel-faced hussy to ruin my reputation. 1910 Everybody's Mag. Aug. 245/1 This satchel-mouthed braggart infests the cafés and demands attention by abusing the waiter for offending his delicate sense of honor. 1930 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 22 Jan. 13/3 The big satchel-footed heavyweight is losing no time making dollars. 1953 J. Weidman Third Angel iv. 36 These two slobs Uncle Cecil had hired and given him for a crew, this Roy Dienst and his satchel-assed side-kick Lou Kakacz. 2004 A. C. Guelzo Lincoln's Emancipation Proclam. (2005) ii. 77 Sixty-two years old, blink-eyed and satchel-mouthed, Cameron was a veteran Pennsylvania wire-puller. < as lemmas |
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