lockjaw
Origin of lockjaw
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How to use lockjaw in a sentence
He thought about things like lock-jaw and gangrene and his hand trembled as he tied his pocket-handkerchief around the wound.
Time Enough at Last | Lyn Venable“Very well,” I answered, jumping up and putting on my coat with a yawn which nearly gave me the lock-jaw.
Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. KingstonI remember that the first time I tried to pronounce the name of the place I very nearly brought on lock-jaw.
In other industries such as wool sorting, blanket stoving and tentering, and warp dressing, lock-jaw is an incident.
Consumers and Wage-Earners | J. Elliot RossYou don't feel like you were going to have lock-jaw, do you, Mr. Culchard?
The Travelling Companions | F. Anstey
British Dictionary definitions for lockjaw
/ (ˈlɒkˌdʒɔː) /
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