mouthbreather
n.— «Billy, who has grown rich on the rivers, nevertheless approached in the manner of a mouth-breather, hat in hand, toes crossed.» —“Of a Capitulation in Chicago” by Lloyd Lewis in Chicago New York Times Oct. 8, 1944. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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