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Meanings of jowl in English

Portuguese
maxila
Catalan
barra

The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

      maxila
      Usage of jowl in English
      1
      The problem of shade caused by tall buildings standing cheek-by-jowl, for example.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Passengers are packed check-by-jowl, yet have no problem reading or even sleeping.
      Wired
      3
      Guardians of the body cheek by jowl with guardians of the soul.
      The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
      4
      The main ingredients are eggs, hard cheese, pork jowl and black pepper.
      The Guardian
      5
      They buried Dickens in the very next grave, cheek by jowl with Handel.
      The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
      6
      We exist cheek by jowl with the consequences of the pandemic.
      The Irish Times
      7
      He would not have placed the camp cheek-by-jowl with the village that way.
      Knife of dreams
      8
      Heavily pregnant women often wait cheek-by-jowl in corridors and small rooms for appointments.
      The Irish Times
      9
      They hang out in the old McQuarry shack, cheek by jowl with Honeycutt.
      The Everlasting Whisper
      10
      We were cheek by jowl in Dudley House but everybody was very pleasant.
      The Guardian
      11
      We are to-day cheek by jowl with the despots of Europe.
      The Arena, Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891
      12
      They lay in my trunk cheek by jowl with God-forsaken, glorious old Omar.
      The Woman with the Fan
      13
      Again the speaker paused, and his great jowl settled down into his shirt-front.
      Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
      14
      Back to them came the stranger, his great jowl working unconsciously.
      Where the Trail Divides
      15
      They go cheek-to-jowl, they each speak their pieces, and eventually the game resumes.
      The Irish Times
      16
      Idols are not wanting, for elephant-nosed Gumpati is there cheek by jowl with
      The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume...
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