Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very hard candy.
- noun Slang A word that is difficult to pronounce.
- noun A machine that crushes rock or ore.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large, extremely hard, boiled
candy , typicallyspherical . - noun A long, hard-to-pronounce
word .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a word that is hard to pronounce
- noun a large round hard candy
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Examples
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But when Sally brought out the trove of products Nora had ordered the time before, Bobby expected the same look of glee he got on his face whenever he bought something new, even something as small as a jawbreaker from the candy shelf at the grocery store.
Go to Jesus Rachel Lora Simmons 2010
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I always wondered what kind of jawbreaker name was Pachacutec
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Panchito worked on his jawbreaker until his tongue and lips and teeth were blue, blue, blue.
Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011
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He bought a giant jawbreaker and a tiny bag of jellybeans.
Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011
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Panchito worked on his jawbreaker until his tongue and lips and teeth were blue, blue, blue.
Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011
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He bought a giant jawbreaker and a tiny bag of jellybeans.
Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011
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Panchito worked on his jawbreaker until his tongue and lips and teeth were blue, blue, blue.
Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011
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He bought a giant jawbreaker and a tiny bag of jellybeans.
Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011
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That night, alone in the house with its electric hum, the dragon slept on his mildewed blanket in the media room, dreaming of virgin foliage and jawbreaker planets shiny in the onyx sky.
Dragon Candy Green Misti Rainwater-Lites 2011
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Panchito worked on his jawbreaker until his tongue and lips and teeth were blue, blue, blue.
Ruby Lu Star of the Star of the Show Lenore Look 2011
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