crackjaw

British

/ ˈkrækˌdʒɔː /

adjective

difficult to pronounce

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noun

a word or phrase that is difficult to pronounce

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The bottles in which these creatures live, in happy ignorance that they are called by so crackjaw a name as Cothurnia imberbis, were described as Carapaces by Ehrenberg, but they bear no resemblance to the shell of a turtle or crab.

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This was indeed a trial, as I had never learnt a single word of Latin, but it would not do to back out, so I exerted all my ingenuity to invent some crackjaw names.

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With dishes too crackjaw to quote, And sometimes difficult to relish.

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I feel as I felt in childhood when they were measuring out the castor-oil in a spoon; or when, in boyhood, it was suggested "that kind Mr. Crackjaw should just look at my teeth."

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