Long thin jaws, giving a hollow appearance to the cheek. Hence Lantern-jawed a., having lantern-jaws.
[1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. VII. 163. Hongur … buffetede the Brutiner aboute bothe his chekes; He lokede lyk a lanterne al his lyf after.]
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Lantern jaw’d, a very lean, thin faced Fellow.
1707. J. Stevens, Quevedo’s Com. Wks. (1709), 372. A Lanthorn-Jaw’d Woman, with a Hatchet-Face.
1711. Addison, Spect., No. 173, ¶ 5. A Ploughman … being very lucky in a Pair of long Lanthorn-Jaws, wrung his face into … a hideous Grimace.
1778. Wolcot (P. Pindar), Poetic Ep. Reviewers, Wks. 1812, I. 3. The censure dire my lantern jaws will rue.
1818. Scott, Rob Roy, vi. His lantern jaws and long chin assumed the appearance of a pair of nut-crackers.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, xxix. Drink yourself, and light up your lantern jaws, old boy.
1865. Tylor, Early Hist. Man., ii. 30. To give himself a lantern-jawed look.
