dragon's mouth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dragon's mouth
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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A handle attached to Sapphire’s head snaps the dragon’s mouth, as if she’s readying to fight her owner for his paper tray of fish and chips from Napala.
From Los Angeles Times
At one home neighbors had rigged a remote treat-delivery system fashioned out of a ventilation tube, with a cardboard cutout at the end colored to make it look like a dragon’s mouth.
From Seattle Times
The dragon’s mouth opens wider, and Jeanne cannot move back, cannot go left, cannot go right.
From Literature
It looks like a gaping wide dragon’s mouth.
From Literature
She’d already finished most of the dragon’s mouth—its lips snarled back to reveal huge razor teeth around an explosion of hellfire.
From Literature
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