full-mouthed
Americanadjective
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(of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
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noisy; loud.
adjective
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(of livestock) having a full adult set of teeth
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uttered loudly
a full-mouthed oath
Etymology
Origin of full-mouthed
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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We are boasters, they tell, and full-mouthed, but why should we keep hidden and unshared the all-golden treasures of our fields?
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey
The fifth year, having eight broad teeth, they are said to be full-mouthed sheep.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 by Various
"It would be very bad to have no dinner," said Struboff, in full-mouthed meditation.
From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony
One whimper, and she is away full-mouthed through the wood, and the pack after her: but not I. I am not going with them.
From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Kingsley, Charles
He moved a step or two till he was in front of Will, and said with full-mouthed haste, "Excuse me, Mr. Ladislaw—was your mother's name Sarah Dunkirk?"
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
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