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

There were players, television announcers and a handful of team officials, but the 100,000 seats, normally nearly full of leather-lunged fans for the season opener, were empty.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2020

He was a rock star playing a rock star, leather-lunged and imperious but also grinning to let everyone share the joke.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018

"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

Bed-lamp shades are plastic copies of the feathered helmets kings once wore, bathroom basins consist of giant clamshells, and guests are called to meals by a leather-lunged islander blowing into a conch shell.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck