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mouth
noun- back-talk, insults UK, 1896
- I used to give Silky mouth. In Ottawa, you could tell pimps shit. I’ve learned not to talk back to Silky. — Susan Hall, Gentleman of Leisure, p. 164, 1972
- a dry or furry mouth caused by too much eating or drinking UK, 1937
Often elaborated on the formula a “mouth like...”–recorded examples vary from “the bottom of a bird cage” to “the inside of a Turkish wrestler’s jockstrap”. - a play’s reputation US
- — Sherman Louis Sergel, The Language of Show Biz, p. 141, 1973
▶ give off a lot of mouth
to shout abuse UK- A Paki geezer was giving off a lot of mouth[.] — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 146, 1999
▶ have a mouth like a cow’s cunt
to be excessively or indiscreetly talkative UK, 1967
An exaggerated variation of BIG MOUTHin the mouth
in poker, said of the first player to act in a given situation US- — John Scarne, Scarne’s Guide to Modern Poker, p. 281, 1979
▶ with his mouth wide open
said of a racehorse that easily wins a race US- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 69, 1951
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