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leather lunged

leather lunged is the alternative spelling of leather-lunged.

Meaning of leather-lunged

Adjective

leather-lunged (comparative more leather-lunged, superlative most leather-lunged)

  1. (idiomatic) Possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc.
    • He would like to know how she was getting along—and the baby, too. . . . It was a leather-lunged, red-faced, squirming little mite.1918, B. M. Bower, chapter 11, in Cabin Fever

Forms of leather lunged

comparativemore leather lunged
superlativemost leather lunged

Questions about leather lunged

What is leather lunged the alternative spelling of?
Leather lunged is the alternative spelling of leather-lunged.

Words near leather lunged in the dictionary

  1. leather cheerios
  2. leather knife
  3. leather knives
  4. leather leaf
  5. leather leafs
  6. leather lunged
  7. leather poisoning
  8. leather queen
  9. leather queens
  10. leather working
  11. leather-britches

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