whopper-jawedadj.
/ˈwɒpədʒɔːd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɑpərˌdʒɔd/, /ˈ(h)wɑpərˌdʒɑd/ = wapper-jawed adj. at wapper v.2 Compounds.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of > having
underhung1683
thick-jawed1689
underjawed1772
jimber-jawed1834
prognathous1836
wapper-jawed1848
prognathic1850
orthognathic1851
orthognathous1851
whopper-jawed1860
macrognathous1864
underhanging1865
macrognathic1874
eurygnathous1878
mesognathous1878
overshot1879
prosognathous1890
mesognathic1892
jut-jawed1943
1860 T. Parker in Life & Corr. (1863) II. 428 This sheet is ruled as whopper-jawed as some women cut their bread.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1860- better-balanced
- better-behaved
- better-born
- better-class
- better-considered
- better-dressed
- better-educated
- better-equipped
- better-heeled
- better-humoured
- better-informed
- better-knowing
- better-known
- better-looking
- better-loved
- better-natured
- better-omened
- better-organized
- better-paid
- better-principled
- better-quality
- better-regulated
- better-smelling
- better-sounding
- better-tasting