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Definition of Jawbreakers
1. jawbreaker [n] - See also: jawbreaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawbreakers
Literary usage of Jawbreakers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Math, Grade 3 by Martha Cheney (2005)
"How many fireballs did she have left? Rosa bought 11 jawbreakers. She ate one
each day for a week. At the end of the week, how many jawbreakers were ..."
2. The Metropolitan (1841)
"... I've now taken to Crabbe's Memoria Technics." " Memoria Technica be blessed !"
replied Gerard; " it's quite as hard to remember such jawbreakers as ..."
3. Drug Abuse Prevention for At-Risk Groupsby Karol L. Kumpfer by Karol L. Kumpfer (1997)
"... stamps elastic bands masks flash cards colored paper FOOD AS REWARDS penny
candy jawbreakers Smarties milk M&M's chocolate creams apples raisins sips of ..."
4. The Reliques of Father Prout by Francis Sylvester Mahony, Horace (1889)
"We've also seen (in a magazine) nice jawbreakers "from Schitter;" And "titles"
by folks, who gives us "jokes," omitting "from Joe Highlands ; There are ..."
5. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1906)
"The oversize goes to jawbreakers, the product of which, together with the grizzly
undersize, goes to stamp storage bins. The ore is fed into six stamp ..."
6. Fasting: The Ultimate Diet by Allan Cott (1997)
"... would the waiting rooms of doctors' offices be "sweetened" with bowls of
caramels and candy corn and jawbreakers and lollipops and all-day suckers? ..."