lantern jaw

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lantern jaw

1. A lower jaw that protrudes beyond the upper jaw.

2. A long, thin jaw that gives the face a gaunt appearance.

lan′tern-jawed′ (-jôd′) adj.

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That has been a rarity on the lantern jaw of late in the aftermath of breakdowns and setbacks just when, as a freshly off-loaded McLaren driver, he needed to lift his spirits and stir the interest of other top teams.

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Yet even after being out-played by his former club, Hoddle's response was to jut out his lantern jaw further and ignore the truth.

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The lantern jaw and angular face, ravaged and lined by nearly two decades of a diet, demanding enough to frighten the most starvation-conscious supermodel, mirror his sacrifice for success.

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Not so Jim Silby, a 24-year-old ex-Navy man with thoroughly good breeding and the lantern jaw of Prince Andrew.

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LIKE the winner of a Miss World contest, Will Young clasped his face and his lantern jaw dropped in the sheer elation of his extraordinary moment of triumph.

GARETH'S HEARTBREAK; By KEVIN O'SULLIVAN the only national newspaper journalist at the Pop Idol final HIS MUM: He's always come second or third in his life. He has never won anything.. we are all desperately disappointed

His great lantern jaw (Ben is Hollywood's answer to Desperate Dan) has never looked more set or square.

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Boycott Gillette was quickly trending on Twitter, with frothy-mouthed sorts (imagine the state of THEIR beards) posting pictures of Gillette razors snapped into pieces, bins filled with Gillette products by men so deeply offended that no more shall those shaving gels or triple-blades be allowed near their lantern jaws.

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ROMANTIC fiction, where men are lantern jawed and the women delicate with a hint of defiance, has a new Welsh heroine.

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These motorists are escapists who like others to think they are healthy, lantern jawed, outdoor types.

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The crowd erupted in spontaneous applause at the unexpected sight of the great man's glaring piggish eyes, lantern jaws, and tight-curled powdered wig rendered in the most fragile tissue paper, borne triumphantly aloft by the wind.

Two prose poems

Few are bigger or more imposing than the Land Cruiser V8 and yet, beneath the lantern jawed looks and the high, wide stance the V8 is actually a pussycat.