What does lockjaw mean?
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an accent associated with the upper class of the north-eastern US, characterized by a supposed lack of movement of the mouth and jaw.
"he disdained the preppy men with lockjaw accents who populated Nantucket during the summer"
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Lockjaw or trismus, refers to a disorder of the jaw muscles. It is a spasm of the mastication muscles in the jaw that limits the opening of the mouth. Clinically, trismus refers to the limitation of jaw opening or mouth opening due to muscular spasm.
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