Sparrow-mouthed (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Sparrow-mouthed

Wide-mouthed, like the mouth of a sparrow: it is said of such persons, that they do not hold their mouths by lease, but have it from year to year; i.e. from ear to ear. One whose mouth cannot be enlarged without removing their ears, and who when they yawn have their heads half off.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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