glass jaw

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noun

a person's jaw, especially that of a boxer, that is vulnerable to even a light blow.

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Origin of glass jaw

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby glass jaw

glass gall, glass harmonica, glasshouse, glassie, glassine, glass jaw, glass lizard, glass-maker, glassmaking, glassman, glasspaper

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How to use glass jaw in a sentence

Aviation experts across the world experienced severe jaw dropping at this news.
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Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
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He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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I was rather awed by his imposing appearance, and advanced timidly to the doors, which were of glass, and pulled the bell.
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When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
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The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
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Where the outside conditions are not very favourable, practically all the British species may be grown with ease under glass.
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It is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.
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British Dictionary definitions for glass jaw

glass jaw

noun

boxing informal a jaw that is excessively fragile or susceptible to punches

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