splay-mouthedadj.
? Obsolete.
Having a wide or wry mouth. Also transferred.
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round-mouthed?1473
shevel?1507
tut-mouthed?a1513
wry-mouthed1552
pouch-mouth1565
plaice-moutha1569
out-lipped1570
pouch-mouthed?a1592
flap-mouthed1594
wide-mouthed1594
plaice-mouthed1595
big-mouthed1602
sparrow-mouthed1611
stretch-moutheda1616
splay-mouthed1647
wry-mouth1652
whale-mouthed1656
out-mouthed1698
spout-mouthed?1711
mickle-mouthed1720
sheveling-gabbit1725
mickle-mouth1863
tenible1871
primped1935
1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 40 Had I but Elsing's guift (that splay-mouth'd Brother).
1687 T. Brown Alsop's State Conform. in Wks. (1720) IV. 234 This is a Happiness, cries our splay-mouth'd Tallow Chandler.
1718 Entertainer No. 30. 202 The Splay-Mouth'd Covenanters, that Sanctified Crew of Hypocrites.
1812 Examiner 14 Sept. 590/1 His vulgar volubility and splay-mouthed pronunciation.
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