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Search phrase: thick-lips

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
OthelloOth I.i.67What a full fortune does the thick-lips oweWhat a fall Fortune do's the Thicks-lips owe
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.174Come on, you thick-lipped slave, I'll bear you hence,Come on you thick-lipt-slaue, Ile beare you hence,

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Glossary

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BanburyOxfordshire town, known for its rich milk cheese about an inch thick
beef-wittedbeef-brained, thick-headed, brainless
beetle-headedthick-headed, doltish
billetthick stick, cudgel
blockishthick, obtuse, stupid
bolt[short and thick, crossbow] arrow
box-treetype of ornamental thick shrub
cherries[metaphor for] lips
closesecretive, tight-lipped, uncommunicative
close-tonguedspeaking secretly, tight-lipped
cowl-staffthick shoulder-pole used for carrying a heavy container
crudycurdy, thick, congealed
fat-wittedthick-witted, slow, dull
flap-mouthedwith wide loosely hanging lips
hollownessinsincerity, hypocrisy, lip-service
labrasLatin: lips
lipmake an angry facial gesture
lipcurl a lip, mock, sneer
lipkiss
liplook vexed, pout, sulk
Lipsbury[unclear meaning; perhaps: ‘lips-town’] space between the lips, jaws
loggerheaded, logger-headedthick-headed, stupid, doltish
rubieslips [red as rubies]
thickconfused, clouded [with suspicion]
thickdeep, heavy, profound
thickquickly, rapidly, fast
thickquick, rapid, fast
thickthicken, make dense
thickfoul, nasty, dirty
thickthickset, strong, sturdy
thickdull, dim, poor
thick-comingcoming in crowds, frequently appearing
thick-eyedheavy-eyed, dull-sighted
thick-pleachedthickly hedged, with hedges made of closely interlaced branches
thick-ribbeddensely surrounded, compacted
thick-sightedwith bad eyesight
truncheonthick club, stout cudgel
valleyindentation, hollow [e.g. in the upper lip, or beneath the lower lip]

Thesaurus

 22 result(s).
club, thicktruncheon
curl a liplip
hollow [of a lip]valley
indentation [of a lip]valley
lip, curl alip
lip, make amake
lipscherries
lipsrubies
lips, space between theLipsbury
lips, with wide loosely hanging flap-mouthed
lip-servicehollowness
loosely hanging lips, with wideflap-mouthed
red and full [of lips]ripe
shrub, ornamental thick box-tree
thickblockish
thickcrudy
thick-headedbeetle-headed
thick-headedbeef-witted
thick-headedloggerheaded, logger-headed
thick-wittedfat-witted
tight-lippedclose
tight-lippedclose-tongued

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