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laughing gear

laughing gear noun: the mouth.

Noun

laughing gear (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, humorous, slang) The mouth.
    • His dumb face made me believe him. I told him if he saw anything unusual to come and tell me. Sure, Mr Damon, he whimpered. Sure, Mr Damon...I could have knocked out his laughing-gear.2005, Brian Castro, The Garden Book, Giramond Publishing, NSW, page 110
    • Wrap your laughing gear around these luscious Lebanese swamis (meat and spice wrapped in Lebanese bread).2007, Danny Palmerlee, South America on a Shoestring, Lonely Planet, page 801

Examples of laughing gear in a sentence

  • You will recognize him instantly — a man with his laughing gear permanently attached to a liquor bottle.2008, Teri Louise Kelly, Sex, Knives and Bouillabaisse, South Australia: Wakefield Press, page 59:
  • Wrap your laughing gear around fresh bread and tasty spreads to set yourself up for the day.2008, Charles Rawlings-Way, New Zealand:
  • ‘Get your laughing gear round that lot,’ Frank drawled as he put the chops, steaks and bangers on the table.2009, Mark Abernethy, Second Strike, NSW: Allen & Unwin, page 586:
  • Despite having pretty mean teeth, it lacks the laughing gear of the pike and thus smaller baits tend to be used.2012, Peter Kaminsky, Fishing For Dummies, UK: John Wiley & Sons, page 63:

Forms of laughing gear

alternative formlaughing-gear

Questions about laughing gear

What does laughing gear mean?
Laughing gear means the mouth.
How do you use laughing gear in a sentence?
You will recognize him instantly — a man with his laughing gear permanently attached to a liquor bottle.
What part of speech is laughing gear?
Laughing gear is a noun.

Words near laughing gear in the dictionary

  1. laughing doves
  2. laughing down
  3. laughing falcon
  4. laughing falcons
  5. laughing gas
  6. laughing gear
  7. laughing geese
  8. laughing goose
  9. laughing group
  10. laughing groups
  11. laughing gull

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