Definitions
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- noun roofing a half-
cylindrical or half-conical shaped opening orvoid in a lapped edge or seam, usually caused bywrinkling or shifting of ply sheets during installation.
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Examples
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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
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She was nice like Paula, but without the drunken fishmouth flopping.
Gawker: defamer Richard Lawson 2010
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The type of lapel on Bob’s jacket is, I recently learned, called a “fishmouth” lapel.
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