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† ˈsparrow-mouthed, a. Obs.
[sparrow 3.]
Having a wide mouth.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Fendu, Bien fendu de gueule, wide-mouthed, sparrow-mouthed, mouthed vp to the eares. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. iv. i. (1651) 519 Every Lover admires his Mistress, though she be..squint-eyed, sparrow-mouthed, Persean hook-nosed. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Sparrow-mouth'd, a Mouth o Heavenly wide, as Sir P. Sidney calls it. 1725Bailey Erasm. Colloq. (1878) I. 44 Can you fancy that..Snub-nos'd, Sparrow-mouth'd, Paunch-belly'd Creature? 1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Sparrow mouth'd, wide mouth'd. |