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Main Entry:
maw
[
maw
]
/
mɔ
/
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Main Entry:
maw
Part of Speech:
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Main Entry:
maw
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
The basking shark's giant, gaping
maw
makes it look far more dangerous than it is, but it's still a shark.
It carries nostalgia to where sentiment finally engulfs it in its sickly
maw
.
We know without asking that he's searching for the sinister
maw
of our whirlpool.
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The basking shark's giant, gaping
maw
makes it look far more dangerous than it is, but it's still a shark.
It carries nostalgia to where sentiment finally engulfs it in its sickly
maw
.
We know without asking that he's searching for the sinister
maw
of our whirlpool.
Apparently the guy had been in several accidents while stuffing his
maw
.
The cavernous
maw
which had enveloped the players in practice now seemed to be turbulent with life.
The money then disappears into the general
maw
of public spending, rather than being used to provide drivers with alternatives.
At last count, roughly a dozen celebrity magazines filled newsstands in a bid to feed the
maw
of a gossip-hungry public.
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Main Entry:
maw
Part of Speech:
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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