cold-jaw

cold-jaw
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ intransitive verb
West : to become hard-mouthed

when a horse cold-jaws on you and wants to run, let him go till he runs down his mainspring — R.F.Adams


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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