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  • The OED gives wapper as blink, then wapper-jawed as a U.S. term meaning something similar to wapper-eyed (blinking), quoting an 1848 source: 'squint-eyed, hair-lipped, wapper-jawed'. Since jaws can't blink, I'm unsure exactly what similarity is implied.

    September 28, 2008

  • Perhaps openmouthed, gaping? In which case implying that the person is a mouthbreather.

    November 14, 2008