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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Here the hearty old fellow stopped to laugh, which he did exactly in the full-mouthed, contented way in which he spoke and did everything else.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
What doubling shifts He tries! not more the wily hare; in these Would still persist, did not the full-mouthed pack _410 With dreadful concert thunder in his rear.
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
Strange, that neither Mr. Theobald, nor Mr. Seward, should have seen that this mock heroic speech is in full-mouthed blank verse!
From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
It is a true barbaric chant whose full-mouthed syllables reproduce in little the blows of the axe.
From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Winslow, Horatio
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