adj
whopperjawed
Whopperjawed (adj) means Bent or lopsided, not properly aligned.
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Bent or lopsided, not properly aligned.
"“Conflicting circumstances have me so seriously muddled I am whopperjawed if I can say, but it looks like it. A boy seldom turns loose of a pocketknife by accident.”"
— Clarence E. Hatfield, The Tug of the Millstone (1915)
"“I much prefer straight sailin‘ tew this goin‘ in cattery-wampus towards one shore an‘ then skewin‘ off towards the others,” said he, suiting the action to the words. “It‘s enough tew make a feller whopperjawed.”"
— Richard Taylor Wiley, XVIII. On Bridenhall Shoal (1907)
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Etymology
The earliest known use dates from 1854 (see quotations).
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"whopperjawed" (adj) means bent or lopsided, not properly aligned.
