turtle-jawed

Updated: May 23, 2025

In a word, it was the third day out, the storm was over, and the passengers were cognizant of life, and of each other. The Scot had gravitated to a group of men near the smoking-room door, and having received from his turtle-jawed neighbor of the dinner table, who was among them, the gift of a cigar, interrogated him as to musical gifts.

Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale - The Nest Builder