Hannibal Lecter mask

noun

A mask that covers the lower part of a person's face to prevent biting.

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Meanings

nounHannibal Lecter mask (plural Hannibal Lecter masks)

plural Hannibal Lecter masks

  1. colloquialA mask that covers the lower part of a person's face to prevent biting.

    Cheerleaders with pom-poms and Hannibal Lecter masks take the stage and flash the crowd in unison […]

    2008, Men's Vogue, volume 4
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    Think we're eventually gonna have to get one of those Hannibal Lecter masks from an S and M boutique. Right now we got to keep his head still.

    2012, John Steiner, Snowflake Girl: Book 2, page 78

Origin

After Hannibal Lecter, a violent criminal character who is restrained with such a mask in the film The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

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