slack-jaw

slack-jaw
 n.— «That little prelude of pidgin Shakespeare has surely shooed the slack-jaws to the comics pages, so now let’s howl with indignation, you and me, at the horror of summer reality TV.» —“Real losers!” by Jonathan Storm Philadelphia Inquirer (Pa.) Aug. 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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Blessing Box (episode #1613)

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