Meanings
adjectivelockjawed (comparative more lockjawed, superlative most lockjawed)
comparative more lockjawed · superlative most lockjawed
- informalRigidly humourless.
A work that never quite succeeds in matching its thoughtful head to its sentimental heart, “Crazy Mary” charts a culture clash between a lockjawed, button-down matron and her distant cousin, a longtime sanitarium resident who is, to put it politely, bonkers.
2007 June 4, Ben Brantley, “Bound by Blood, but Separated by a Breach in Sanity”, in New York Times
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lockjawed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockjawed
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“lockjawed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockjawed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lockjawed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lockjawed.
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