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dewlap 1. a loose fold of skin hanging from beneath the throat in cattle, dogs, etc. 2. loose skin on an elderly person's throat dewlap [′dü‚lap] (anatomy) A fleshy or fatty fold of skin on the throat of some humans. (botany) One of a pair of hinges at the joint of a sugarcane leaf blade. (vertebrate zoology) A fold of skin hanging from the neck of some reptiles and bovines. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Demoiselle Irene Dewlap, of South Astolat, is visiting her uncle, the popular host of the Cattlemen's Board- ing House, Liver Lane, this city. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. We saw his grizzled mustache, the bald spot on his head, the puff-sacks under his eyes, the sagging cheeks, the heavy dewlap, the general tiredness and staleness and fatness, all the collapse and ruin of a man who had once been strong but who had lived too easily and too well. |
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