lockjaw
Origin of lockjaw
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How to use lockjaw in a sentence
Every sharp point was covered with rust and threatened lockjaw.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon | Newell Dwight HillisLoeffler did the same thing, in the same year for diphtheria, and Nicolaier for lockjaw; while Kuno produced antipyrene.
Invention | Bradley A. FiskeUncle Dan'l was a favorite, too-kind-hearted and dependable, while his occasional lockjaw gave him an unusual distinction.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineCaptain Hardy stuck a nail in his foot the 6th of July of the next year, and died of the lockjaw on the 15th.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Then the patient complained of a chill, and it was soon discovered that lockjaw had set in.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II | Stephen M. Ostrander
British Dictionary definitions for lockjaw
/ (ˈlɒkˌdʒɔː) /
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