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flannel-mouth

flan·nel-mouth
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flan-l noun mouth]
    • /ˈflæn l noun maʊθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flan-l noun mouth]
    • /ˈflæn l noun maʊθ/

Definitions of flannel-mouth word

  • noun plural flannel-mouth a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting. 1
  • noun plural flannel-mouth a person whose speech is smoothly deceptive. 1
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Origin of flannel-mouth

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1880-85; flannel + mouth

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Parts of speech for Flannel-mouth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Flannel-mouth

flannel-mouth popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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