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PI-JAW Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PI-JAW is pious or moralizing talk or cant. How to use pi-jaw in a sentence.
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pi-jaw - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
pi-jaw (uncountable). (slang, archaic) Lecturing or patronizing talk, especially from an adult to a child. [from 19th c.] 1924 April, Ford Madox Ford, ...
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pi-jaw, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
(orig. UK juv.) an earnest, moralizing lecture, esp. as delivered by parents or teachers; occas. as v. 1891. 19001910 ...
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pi-jaw, n. slang (now arch.). (ˈpaɪdʒɔː) [f. pi a. (n.) + jaw n.1] A pious lecture or exhortation, esp. one addressed to schoolboys or young persons by their teachers or parents. Hence ˈpi-jaw v. trans., to lecture or exhort; ˈpi-jawing vbl. n.1891 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. 31 He pi-jawed ...
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Pi-jaw - Oxford Reference
pi-jaw /ˈpaɪ-/ noun ... dated A sanctimonious, long, moral lecture, as delivered by a school-teacher or parent. Also as verb trans. and pi-jawing, ... Access to ...
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pi-jaw - Dictionary - Thesaurus
(slang, archaic) Lecturing or patronizing talk, especially from an adult to a child. [from 19th c.] 1924 April, Ford Madox Ford, chapter II, in Some ...
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▪ I. ˈupper, n.1 [From upper a.] 1. a. That part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt. Usu. pl.1789 G. Parker Life's Painter of Variegated Characters v. 36 If the top and leg of a jack-boot were joined to a dog-skin upper and a buff sole. 1845 J. Coulter Adv. in Pacific ix. 112 My shoes were..o...
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Paul Graham on X: "The term "pi-jaw" is an Edwardian schoolboy ...
The term "pi-jaw" is an Edwardian schoolboy phrase short for "pious jaw," and refers to the moralizing cant popular in Victorian and Edwardian ...
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pi-jaw, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun pi-jaw is in the 1890s. OED's earliest evidence for pi-jaw is from 1896, in New Review.
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Pi-jaw | WordReference Forums
OED: Moralizing or lecturing speech, esp. as addressed to a child by an adult; an instance of this. 1896 New Rev. Apr. 392 Mr. Fairchild's ...
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pi-jaw, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
What does the verb pi-jaw mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb pi-jaw. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Pie Jaw® Advantages - Abbott Workholding.
The light weight of the aluminum Pie Jaws® enables you to rotate your chuck faster than before, so you can turn parts faster with less wear and tear on your ...
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