lantern-jaws
Long thin jaws, giving a hollow appearance to the cheek. Hence lantern-jawed a., having lantern-jaws.
| [1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 163 Hongur..buffetede the Brutiner aboute bothe his chekes; He lokede lyk a lanterne al his lyf after.] a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Lantern jaw'd, a very lean, thin faced Fellow. 1707 J. Stevens Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 372 A Lanthorn-Jaw'd Woman, with a Hatchet-Face. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 173 ¶5 A Plough⁓man..being very lucky in a Pair of long Lanthorn-Jaws, wrung his face into..a hideous Grimace. 1778 Wolcot (P. Pindar) Poetic Ep. Reviewers Wks. 1812 I. 3 The censure dire my lantern jaws will rue. 1818 Scott Rob Roy vi, His lantern jaws and long chin assumed the appearance of a pair of nut-crackers. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xxix, Drink yourself, and light up your lantern jaws, old boy. 1865 Tylor Early Hist. Man. ii. 30 To give himself a lantern-jawed look. |