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full-mouthed

American  
[fool-mouthd, -moutht] / ˈfʊlˈmaʊðd, -ˈmaʊθt /

adjective

  1. (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.

  2. noisy; loud.

full-mouthed British  

adjective

  1. (of livestock) having a full adult set of teeth

  2. uttered loudly

    a full-mouthed oath
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Etymology

Origin of full-mouthed

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

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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

In Webster’s orations there is a dignity, a sublimity, gained by the use of full-mouthed polysyllables.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

One o’ the full-mouthed sheep as we had then broke away, and 140 went straight over river, and it ain’t very narrow there, as you minds.

From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Gambier-Parry, Ernest

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.

From The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan by

Ten of Fitz John Porter's guns opened, full-mouthed, on the adventurous battery.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

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