† sparrow-mouthn.
Obsolete.
A wide mouth suggestive of that of a sparrow.
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tutel?c1225
oven mouthc1425
plaice-moutha1569
pouch-mouth?1570
flop-mouth1604
flap-mouth1631
out-mouth1668
flounder-mouth1672
sparrow-mouth1673
splay-mouth1693
smoke-holea1704
screw mouth1707
spout mouth1736
beak-mouth1921
satchel-mouth1933
motormouth1976
1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 314 Split jaws, sparrow mouths, grunting, lyons faces, hems, haws.
1699 R. L'Estrange Fables (1715) II. ii. lvi. 55 Why what a Hawk's Nose have we got here! and what a Sparrow-Mouth!
1700 S. Parker 6 Philos. Ess. 25 To me it seems a Miracle that all Hypocrites don't squint, but come off without inverted Pupils, Sparrow-Mouths and blubber'd Lips.
1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 197 His nose hooked like a buzzard, wide nostrils like a horse and his mouth sparrow.]
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