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LANTERN JAWS

Definition: LANTERN JAWS

LANTERN JAWS

1. Long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: LANTERN JAWS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Lantern Jaws Cheeks so thin that one may see daylight through them, as light shows through the horn of a lantern. In French, "un visage si maigre que si on mettait une bougie allumée dans la bouche, la lumière paraitait au travers des joues." Lantern-jawed. Having lantern-jaws. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: LANTERN JAWS

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Narrowness Thinness	Having, slip; (filament); thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy, spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Translation: LANTERN JAWS

Language		Translations for "LANTERN JAWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		хлътнали бузи, изпито лице. (various references)

Pig Latin		anternlay awsjay

Russian		худое лицо, впалые щеки. (various references)

Swedish		infallna kinder. (various references)

Turkish		uzun çene kemiği. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: LANTERN JAWS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-j-l-n-n-r-s-t-w"
	-3 letters: asternal, lanterns.
	-4 letters: annates, anneals, antlers, arsenal, ensnarl, lanners, lantern, narwals, rentals, saltern, sealant, seawant, sternal, tanners, wannest, wanters, warstle, wastrel, wrastle.
	-5 letters: alants, alates, alerts, altars, alters, anears, anenst, annals, anneal, ansate, answer, antler, antral, antres, arenas, artels, aslant, astern, astral, estral, jawans, jnanas, lanate, lanner, laster, latens, learns, learnt, narwal, ratals.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography

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