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whipperjawed

whipperjawed is the alternative spelling of whopperjawed.

Meaning of whopperjawed

Adjective

whopperjawed (comparative more whopperjawed, superlative most whopperjawed)

  1. (North Carolina) Crooked, misaligned, out of sorts.
    • […] whopper jawed fogies, […]1854 January 3, “Farm Work for December”, in Industrial Luminary, volume 1, number 24, Parkville, Missouri, page 1, column 5

Forms of whipperjawed

comparativemore whipperjawed
superlativemost whipperjawed

Questions about whipperjawed

What is whipperjawed the alternative spelling of?
Whipperjawed is the alternative spelling of whopperjawed.

Words near whipperjawed in the dictionary

  1. whipper-ginnies
  2. whipper-in
  3. whipper-ins
  4. whipper-snapper
  5. whipper-snappers
  6. whipperjawed
  7. whippers
  8. whippers-in
  9. whippersnapper
  10. whippersnappers
  11. whippes

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