Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word hard to pronounce.
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Examples
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"I can sure read and spell, an 'I know that Chechaquo means tenderfoot, but my education never went high enough to learn me to spell a jaw-breaker like that."
THE MEAT 2010
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Mixed treats from the Palin jaw-breaker candy jar:
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So when it says "jaw-breaker," it has a question mark.
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Marjorie moved inadvertently; whereupon Mitchy-Mitch pounced upon the remains of his jaw-breaker and restored them, with accretions, to his mouth.
Penrod 1914
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Mitchy-Mitch, to emphasize his disapproval of the accordion, opening his mouth still wider, lost therefrom the jaw-breaker, which rolled in the dust.
Penrod 1914
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With a cautious gesture he offered a jaw-breaker to Mitchy-Mitch, who snatched it indignantly and set about its absorption without delay.
Penrod 1914
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Here, in cozy darkness, he placidly insulted his liver with jaw-breaker upon jaw-breaker from the paper sack, and in a surfeit of content watched the silent actors on the screen.
Penrod 1914
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Penrod offered another jaw-breaker; but Mitchy-Mitch struck it from his hand, desiring the former, which had convinced him of its sweetness.
Penrod 1914
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"I can sure read and spell, an 'I know that Chekako means tenderfoot, but my education never went high enough to learn me to spell a jaw-breaker like that."
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Here, in cozy darkness, he placidly insulted his liver with jaw-breaker upon jaw-breaker from the paper sack, and in a surfeit of content watched the silent actors on the screen.
Penrod Booth Tarkington 1907
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