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flannelmouth

[ flan-l-mouth ]

noun

, plural flan·nel·mouths [flan, -l-mou, th, z].
  1. a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
  2. a person whose speech is smoothly deceptive.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flannelmouth1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; flannel + mouth

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