Flannelmouth

Quick meaning: Flannelmouth is a noun meaning (informal, dated) One who speaks in an unclear, muffled, or sluggish manner.

Meaning

(informal, dated) One who speaks in an unclear, muffled, or sluggish manner.

More Meanings

1. (informal, dated) One who speaks in a glib manner with the intent of deceiving or manipulating others.

Example Sentences

"Oh!—Oh!—Oh!" Bert screamed, with every blow she struck "Hey, old flannel-mouth! Watch out! You'll get yours in a second."

[Y]ou may detect your own "elderly" tricks—pushing your shoulders up around your ears, being a mumble-boy or a flannelmouth!

Uncle Sedgwick, who is considered around and about as somewhat of a flannelmouth, has talked Drizzlepuss into going ice fishing. . . . Uncle can tell you some wonderful fish stories, but, boy, I've never known a guy who's so careless with the truth.

How do they sit there, hour after hour, and listen to the congressional gasbags without blowing their tops? . . . never once leaping over the table, grabbing an inquisitor by his ears and screaming, "Hey, flannel mouth—does the phrase ‘posturing hypocrite windbag’ ring a bell?"

Word Forms

• flannelmouths
• flannel-mouth
• flannel mouth

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flannel-mouth, mushmouth, flannel, slurrer, loudmouth, flummery.

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