wooden tongue


nounVeterinary Pathology.

Origin of wooden tongue

1
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Words Nearby wooden tongue

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How to use wooden tongue in a sentence

  • His sled had a wooden tongue in it and it slanted back over the girls' heads.

    The Golden Road | Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for wooden tongue

wooden tongue

noun
  1. vet science the nontechnical name for actinobacillosis

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