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pig-jawed (medicine) and derry (iou)


pig-jawed (medicine)


pig-jawed
<zoology> Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; said of dogs.

Source: Websters Dictionary


derry (iou)



derry interjection & noun. M16.
[Origin unkn. Sense 3 may be a different word.]
I. interjection & noun.
Used as a meaningless word in the refrains of popular songs. Also derry down. Cf. DOWN noun3 & interjection 1a. M16.
II. noun.
A ballad, a set of verses. rare. M19.
[App. from derry down.] A tendency to disapprove of someone or something; a dislike, a prejudice, a grudge; = DOWN noun3 4. Austral. & NZ. L19.
Douglas Stuart And warfare, that's another thing Peter has a derry on.