Meaning of flannelmouth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who speaks in an unclear, muffled, or sluggish manner.
   dated, informal
2. One who speaks in a glib manner with the intent of deceiving or manipulating others.
   dated, informal

Examples

“"Oh!—Oh!—Oh!" Bert screamed, with every blow⟳ she struck "Hey, old flannel-mouth! Watch⟳ out! You'll get⟳ yours in a second."”

“[Y]ou may detect⟳ your own⟳ "elderly" tricks—pushing your shoulders up around your ears, being a mumble-boy or a flannelmouth!”

“How do they sit⟳ there, hour after hour, and listen⟳ to the congressional gasbags without blowing their tops? . . . never once leaping over the table, grabbing an inquisitor by his ears and screaming, "Hey, flannel mouth—does the phrase ‘posturing hypocrite windbag’ ring⟳ a bell?"”

“Uncle Sedgwick, who is considered around and about as somewhat of a flannelmouth, has talked Drizzlepuss into going ice fishing. . . . Uncle can tell⟳ you some wonderful fish⟳ stories, but, boy, I've never known a guy who's so careless with the truth.”

“"Flannelmouth Fred"—He spends most of his time going around indiscriminately patting all the other employes on the back and saying "You're doing a grand job." . . . But the rest⟳ of the hired hands . . . know⟳ that after they finish⟳ doing their work⟳, he'll ask⟳ them to help⟳ do his.”

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