Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun   Same as jaw-hole .
Etymologies
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Examples
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								Her pet, what I presumed was a three-legged mixed breed mutt, sat next to her with what must have been a three-foot-long tongue hanging out of the corner of its slobbering little jaw-box. 
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								He poured the contents of the bucket into the jaw-box and undressed, dropping each item into the water as he took it off. Cal Laverty, Bernard Mac 1983 
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								There was a jaw-box in the tiny kitchen but no taps. Cal Laverty, Bernard Mac 1983 
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								He stripped to the waist and washed himself at the jaw-box, shivering and roaring when the cold water touched beneath his arms. Cal Laverty, Bernard Mac 1983 
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								At length he looked at her and then with meaning to Peggy bent over her jaw-box. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro 
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