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whopper-jawed

whopper-jawed is the alternative form 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 whopper-jawed

comparativemore whopper-jawed
superlativemost whopper-jawed

Questions about whopper-jawed

What is whopper-jawed the alternative form of?
Whopper-jawed is the alternative form of whopperjawed.

Words near whopper-jawed in the dictionary

  1. whoozit
  2. whoozits
  3. whop
  4. whopped
  5. whopper
  6. whopper-jawed
  7. whopperjawed
  8. whoppers
  9. whopping
  10. whoppingest
  11. whoppingly

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