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Definition of lantern jaw in English: lantern jawnoun A long, thin jaw and prominent chin. Example sentencesExamples - And there's the lantern jaw that on this chilly, gray, rainy day in Dallas was creased with a cherubic smile.
- Those aristocratically fleshy noses, the lantern jaws - and don't even get me started on those chins.
- He was tall and lean and bald, with a square lantern jaw and extremely dark skin that shimmered in the sweltering heat.
- Despite his lantern jaw and fearsome glare, Yao is quite affable, with passable English and a coachable personality.
- The huge man's head seemed tiny in comparison to his heavily-muscled body and it sported a lantern jaw, features that might have been carved from stone and dead eyes of the same shade as the smaller hammer man.
- They are huge, silvery fish with lantern jaws, almost prehistoric in design.
- The stern tone of Hoss' voice and the way his lantern jaw was hardening caused the mouth Adam had just opened in protest to shut again without uttering a word.
- In the center of the ring, Ellis continually beat the exasperated Quarry to the punch, landing right-hand leads to Quarry's lantern jaw during the infrequent exchanges that took place.
- His prideful, haughty expression was reinforced by is strong chin and lantern jaw.
- Tall and rangy with a shock of black hair that shaded his ocean-blue eyes, a handsome, chiseled face and a long, lantern jaw, he was not only a great street fighter, he was a great lady's man.
- Another agent was sprawled limply by the auditorium door, and Bill, his lantern jaw outthrust, was grimly holding off the three attackers with his revolver.
Derivatives adjectiveˌlantənˈdʒɔːd There at the lectern stood this tall lantern-jawed man, every inch the twelve-year Marine Corps veteran he was, who looked and spoke just exactly like a bulldogging high school football coach. Example sentencesExamples - The other, lantern-jawed and taciturn, replied: ‘mongoose’.
- I have been cycling along the beach track for several months now, in the hope that the too-fleshy photo above will soon be replaced by my new, lantern-jawed Californian incarnation.
- The living spectre of the macho, lantern-jawed actor who, depending on which source you refer to, may or may not become an octogenarian in October, keeps returning to haunt me like the Holy Ghost.
- With the passage of time the lantern-jawed warrior has acquired an iconic status similar to that of the royal family, if for rather different reasons.
Definition of lantern jaw in US English: lantern jawnounˈlan(t)ərn jôˈlæn(t)ərn dʒɔ A long, thin jaw and prominent chin. Example sentencesExamples - They are huge, silvery fish with lantern jaws, almost prehistoric in design.
- The huge man's head seemed tiny in comparison to his heavily-muscled body and it sported a lantern jaw, features that might have been carved from stone and dead eyes of the same shade as the smaller hammer man.
- His prideful, haughty expression was reinforced by is strong chin and lantern jaw.
- Those aristocratically fleshy noses, the lantern jaws - and don't even get me started on those chins.
- In the center of the ring, Ellis continually beat the exasperated Quarry to the punch, landing right-hand leads to Quarry's lantern jaw during the infrequent exchanges that took place.
- He was tall and lean and bald, with a square lantern jaw and extremely dark skin that shimmered in the sweltering heat.
- The stern tone of Hoss' voice and the way his lantern jaw was hardening caused the mouth Adam had just opened in protest to shut again without uttering a word.
- Tall and rangy with a shock of black hair that shaded his ocean-blue eyes, a handsome, chiseled face and a long, lantern jaw, he was not only a great street fighter, he was a great lady's man.
- Despite his lantern jaw and fearsome glare, Yao is quite affable, with passable English and a coachable personality.
- And there's the lantern jaw that on this chilly, gray, rainy day in Dallas was creased with a cherubic smile.
- Another agent was sprawled limply by the auditorium door, and Bill, his lantern jaw outthrust, was grimly holding off the three attackers with his revolver.
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