jawfaln

jawfaln

English

Noun

jawfaln (comparative more jawfaln, superlative most jawfaln)

1. Nonstandard form of jawfallen.
   • 1660, The Return of the King: An Anthology of English Poems Commemorating the Restoration of Charles II, "Britains Triumph" 14 May:

     To fire the houses? and the Goldsmiths plunder? Poor Arthur's jawfaln, is not that a wonder?

   • 1662, John Graunt, Bills of Mortality, Chapter 1 "Of the Bills of Mortality, their beginning, and progress":

     Jaundies — 43

     Jawfaln — 8

     Impostume — 74