wapper jaw
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Earliest known use is from 1825.
Noun
[edit]wapper jaw (plural wapper jaws)
- A projecting underjaw. [from early 19th c.]
- 1825 December 2, X. O., “Legends of North-End: The Golden Tooth”, in New England Galaxy, volume VIII, number 425, page 3, column 1:
- A flood of moon-light bent through a large bull’s eye in the root of his shop, and fell upon the form of an over-grown chimney sweeper, with one hand pressed against his wapper-jaw, as if expiring with the tooth-ache, while he crouched down and appeared to rummage after something in a pile of rubbish.