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glass_jaw

glass jaw

English

Noun

glass jaw (plural glass jaws)

  1. (chiefly boxing) A sensitive chin or jaw, the physical striking of which tends to result in a knockout.
    • 1989, Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One, ISBN 9780345410054, page 109:
      "How was I to know that big ape had a glass jaw?"

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  • glass chin, bad chin

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