Obs. [Cf. next.] A wide mouth suggestive of that of a sparrow.

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1673.  Hickeringill, Greg. Father Greyb., 314. Split jaws, sparrow-mouths, grunting, lyons faces, hems, haws.

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1699.  R. L’Estrange, Fables, II. lvi. (1715), II. 55. Why what a Hawk’s Nose have we got here! and what a Sparrow-Mouth!

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1700.  S. Parker, Six Philos. Ess., 25. To me it seems a Miracle that all Hypocrites don’t squint, but come off without inverted Pupils, Sparrow-Mouths and blubber’d Lips.

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[1756.  Amory, Buncle (1770), III. 215. His nose hooked like a buzzard, wide nostrils like a horse and his mouth sparrow.]

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