Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

papermouth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-per-mouth
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish, the crappie.

Example Sentences

"It is called bachelor in the Ohio Valley, campbellite, croppie, and new-light in Illinois, Indiana, and Кentucky; tin-mouth or paper-mouth in northern Indiana and Illinois, and sac-à-lait, and chinduapin perch in the lower Mississippi and Texas."
"When Earhart and Jarvis found out that the Crappiethon Classic would be held at Lake Harris in Hot Springs, Arkansas, one year, they knew they had to develop new strategies for taking papermouths, because the lake was deep and clear -- unlike most of the lakes in their native state of Tennessee."

Etymology

From paper + mouth.

Inflected Forms

papermouths (plural)

Questions

What does papermouth mean?: A fish, the crappie.
Where does papermouth come from?: From paper + mouth.

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