leather-lunged

American  

[leth-er-luhngd] / ˈlɛð ərˈlʌŋd /

adjective

1. speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods.

   The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.

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Etymology

Origin of leather-lunged

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Soundgarden’s 1991 album, “Badmotorfinger,” brought the band to its heaving, hard-riffing, leather-lunged, ferocious extreme, fully establishing it as the grunge extension of Led Zeppelin, with Chris Cornell singing about defiance and rage rather than cockiness.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2016

"Not only does Staunton display greater leather-lunged force in the show-stopping numbers such as Everything's Coming Up Roses... She also packs more into this whirlwind-restless, tormented spirit," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2015

The songs put dance beats, rock guitars, piano hymns, string orchestras and hip-hop loops at the disposal of her voice, all leading to those leather-lunged payoffs.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2012

Apostle of this drive to invade the cities is stumpy, chipper, leather-lunged Alfred Michael Reilly, Baker's Chicago sales engineer, who has peddled ice machinery for 27 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Sister, that’s what I’m doin’,” Preacher Parr retorted, leather-lunged.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck