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jawboxes

jawboxes is the plural of jawbox.

Meaning of jawbox

Noun

jawbox (plural jawboxes)

  1. (Scotland, dated) A tenement sink.
    • After a week he had to accept that he was growing a black beard, not because he wanted one, but because he could think of no way of shaving. There was a jaw-box in the tiny kitchen but no taps.1983, Bernard MacLaverty, Cal (chapter 3, p.90 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)
    Synonyms:
    jaw-hole

Questions about jawboxes

What is jawboxes the plural of?
Jawboxes is the plural of jawbox.

Words near jawboxes in the dictionary

  1. jawboning
  2. jawbonings
  3. jawbonist
  4. jawbonists
  5. jawbox
  6. jawboxes
  7. jawbreaker
  8. jawbreakers
  9. jawbreaking
  10. jawbreakingly
  11. jawdropper

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