Flannel-mouthed

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• flannelmouthed

Full definition of flannel-mouthed

Adjective

1. Possessing, characterized by, or in the manner of speaking of a flannelmouth.
1. Smooth and persuasive in speech, especially in order to deceive or manipulate.
• 1913, Gene Stratton-Porter, Laddie: A True Blue Story, ch. 16:I went to her, sat close beside her and tried snuggling up a little. It worked. . . . "I can get them," I said just as flannel-mouthed as ever I could, like all of us talked to her now.
2. Unclear, muffled, or halting in speech.
• 2004 Feb. 22, Joe Klein, "Beware Flannel-Mouth Disease!," Time:Not only does Kerry have a flannel-mouthed inability to utter a simple sentence, but his orotundities also serve to reinforce the notion that the Senator from Massachusetts is a patrician stiff, too smug to speak in a manner decipherable by ordinary Americans.