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frogmouth in British English
(ˈfrɒɡˌmaʊθ)
noun
any nocturnal insectivorous bird of the genera Podargus and Batrachostomus, of SE Asia and Australia, similar to the nightjars: family Podargidae, order Caprimulgiformes
frogmouth in American English
(ˈfrɑɡˌmauθ, ˈfrɔɡ-)
nounWord forms: plural -mouths (-ˌmauðz, -ˌmauθs)
any Australian and Oriental bird of the family Podargidae, related to the goatsuckers, having a broad, flattened, froglike mouth
Word origin
[1850–55; frog1 + mouth]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, cloakroom, ethos, muggins, proletariatImage offrogmouth
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- you-cant-be-too-careful
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- you could at least be polite!
- you could cut the atmosphere with a knife
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- you couldn't see someone for dust
- you'd
- you'd be better off without him