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n. - Informal terms for the mouth.

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Usage examples (32)
  • To do this is called maw-pak, and hence the game gets its name, maw-pak bae-ang.
  • His maw was the only one heard him walk the floor nights, and after he found, out she could hear him he walked in his socks.
  • Ah! that one has got hold of a tiny shrimp, and is tucking it into his hungry maw, which is just in the middle of its flower-like body.
  • My, but your maw is a woman to be proud of! "she said, hugging mother and patting her on the back.
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