lower mouth

plural lower mouths · alternative lowermouth

1. anatomyThe lower jaw.

   ‘Cancer,’ she said, only it sounded like canfer. ‘All in my lower mouth, my jaw. They took it all. They took my whole face.’

   2017, Mimi Thebo, chapter 18, in Hospital High, Lodestone Books, page 152

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   It was a very raw, clear and cruel picture: a closeup of her as she lay semiconscious and wounded, her beaten face distorted by swelling; her jaws wired into place; her lower mouth with totally exposed gums, broken teeth and ripped flesh giving her face the appearance of a fright mask.

   1982, Dorothy Uhnak, chapter 34, in False Witness, Book Club Associates, page 245

   Her top fillings had crumbled into a powder and had fallen out. Some in her lower mouth had become embedded in the gums and extensive dental work was needed to sort her out.

   1997 August 29, Jenny Randles, chapter 1, in The Truth Behind Men in Black: Government Agents, or Visitors from Beyond, St. Martin's Paperbacks, page 12

   Synonyms: underjaw, mandible, submaxilla

2. broadlyThe lower lip.

   This young man - whose face was steak from his upper right eye socket to the corner of his lower mouth - uttered one day after his wound had been dressed the sound ‘A’her ease nur’.

   2012, Thomas Keneally, The Daughters of Mars, Sceptre, page 291

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   “And when you smile—” her finger stilled its search, remaining on the full curve of his lower mouth “—and part your lips like that...” Weaving her fingers through his dark, wavy hair, she brought his head slowly downward until their breaths mingled, inches apart. “It’s remarkably tempting.”

   1987 February 28, Noreen Brownlie, A Matter of Time, Harlequin Books, page 126

   He also had what you would consider an almost “pained smile” on his face, his lower mouth looked like it was smiling, but the rest of his face was tense, with the muscles around his eyes not moving at all.

   2013, David Matsumoto, Mark G. Frank, Hyi Sung Hwang, Nonverbal Communication: Science and Applications, SAGE Publications, page 152

   Synonyms: underlip, netherlip

3. euphemisticThe vulva.

   At last, in desperation, he began to give her what she wanted. His teeth, lips, and tongue serviced her hungry lower mouth with abandon. She moaned with pleasure every time his teeth scraped her clit.

   1989, anonymous author, chapter 1, in Champions of Pleasure, Nexus Books, page 14

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   The head touched her vulva and, the weight of her own body bearing her down, she felt it penetrating her lower mouth. Her own wet muscles convulsed, drawing it in, further and further till it butted her womb, the feeling deep and visceral.

   2001, Roxane Beaufort, chapter 11, in Schooling Sylvia, Chimera Publishing, page 219

   “She had her mysteries, Jamil. A creature can look ugly, be in the worst shape, but if her lower mouth is worth a kiss, it’s like a pure diamond, something incomparable. Between you and me, I guarantee it. I know no equal to Silvinha’s downstairs mouth... .” He clicked his tongue in nostalgic affirmation.

   2012, Jorge Amado, chapter 14, in The Discovery of America by the Turks, Penguin Books, page 57

   Synonyms: axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha, clam