flannelmouth

flannelmouth
/flan"l mowth'/, n., pl. flannelmouths /-mowdhz'/.
1. a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
2. a person whose speech is smoothly deceptive.
[1880-85, Amer.; FLANNEL + MOUTH]

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