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Meanings of jawbone in English
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.
Usage of jawbone in English
1
Susannah leaned forward and touched the jawbone Roland held in his hands.
2
She nodded at the case, where the jawbone was supposed to be.
3
There is Samson belaboring the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.
4
A woman played the other jawbone, which was from a younger animal.
5
A scar along his jawbone wouldn't be pretty, but it wasn't disastrous.
6
Laurel! David cupped his cheek in his hand, stretching out his jawbone.
7
His hand went with an almost instinctive inquiry to his jawbone again.
8
He had sideburns to his jawbone and the shadow of a beard.
9
The jawbone gives the user the ability to read the victim's mind.
10
His whole face seemed stretched, and too intricately hinged at the jawbone.
11
To his profound satisfaction she scratched him under the jawbone and murmured audibly:
12
Her jawbone gleamed in the reflected lights of the gas station.
13
Bisphosphonates have come under scrutiny for giving some patients necrosis of the jawbone.
14
An arm was visible, a section of the ribcage and the lower jawbone.
15
The modern jawbone can be found on a mountain of caramel.
16
He might feel that he or Andy Sanders could jawbone Andrea.
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Jawbone through the time
Jawbone across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common