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  • noun roofing a half-cylindrical or half-conical shaped opening or void in a lapped edge or seam, usually caused by wrinkling or shifting of ply sheets during installation.

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Examples

  • Peake is a bit too angular for the doughy bottle blonde that was Myra Hindley but Sean Harris has precisely Ian Brady's merciless fishmouth, while Matthew McNulty is a perfect fit for Hindley's brother-in-law David Smith, whom Brady had hoped he could draw into their web of cruelty but who instead turned out to be his chief accuser.

    Evil beyond belief Arbogast 2008

  • She was nice like Paula, but without the drunken fishmouth flopping.

    Gawker: defamer Richard Lawson 2010

  • The type of lapel on Bob’s jacket is, I recently learned, called a “fishmouth” lapel.

    The Faces of the Price is Right, con’t – The Bleat. 2009

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