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lockjawed - What does it mean?

Definition of 'lockjawed'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (informal) Rigidly humourless.
  • *{{quote-news|year=2007|date=June 4|author=Ben Brantley|title=Bound by Blood, but Separated by a Breach in Sanity|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=A work that never quite succeeds in matching its thoughtful head to its sentimental heart, “Crazy Mary” charts a culture clash between a lockjawed , button-down matron and her distant cousin, a longtime sanitarium resident who is, to put it politely, bonkers. }}