wapper jaw

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A projecting underjaw.
    — A flood of moon-light bent through a large bull’s eye in the root of his shop, and fell upon the form of an over-grown chimney sweeper, with one hand pressed against his wapper-jaw, as if expiring with the tooth-ache, while he crouched down and appeared to rummage after something in a pile of rubbish.

词形变化

wapper jaws plural

词源

Earliest known use is from 1825 (see quotations).
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