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lockjaw noun the clenched-teeth manner of speech associated with the American upper class US- He is as oblivious to the high gloss as he is to the Locust Valley Lockjaw spoken by so many of his peers. — Esquire, p. 156, October 1965
- As for the accent, Barbara Best calls it “Philadelphia paralysis,” or “Main Line lockjaw,” pointing out that it is not unlike “Massachusetts malocclusion.” — Stephen Birmingham, The Right People, 1968
- The way he puts on that New England lockjaw accent! Phew! When it comes to doing fags, Lenny Bruce is John Gielgud. — New York Magazine, p. 46, 6 September 1971
- He could detect Long Island Lockjaw across the room and dis-tinguish it instantly from Manhattan Pentameter. — Hercules Molloy, Oedipus in Disneyland, p. 66, 1972
- But the voice changes that image, with a uniquely cultivated way of speaking that someone once labeled “Larchmont Lockjaw” because it emerges from a mouth that looks to be frozen into an unmoving smile and teeth that seem clenched together for dear life. — Marcia Seligson, The Eternal Bliss Machine, p. 185, 1973
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