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jawbreaker

[jaw-brey-ker] / ˈdʒɔˌbreɪ kər /
NOUN
candy
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Most people give little thought to Earth’s deep interior, thinking of our home planet as simple nested layers, like a jawbreaker hard candy.

From Washington Post Apr. 10, 2023

“You could get the giant jawbreaker, the one the size of a tennis ball, and you’d have it for a year.”

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2022

Arlene Shechet's 17 recent sculptures at Susanne Vielmetter's new downtown L.A. gallery make for an absolute jawbreaker of a show: deliciously unwieldy, a slow release of intense, kaleidoscopic flavor.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2019

The fate of the world can hang on a jawbreaker.

From The Guardian Aug. 6, 2010

Mi perrito rolls His tongue for the taste Of a dropped chicharrdn, For the jawbreaker That fell from my pocket, For a potato chip bag Blowing across a lawn.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto




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