Be careful not to dislocate your jaw!
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"A pi-jaw (pi- is short for pious) is one of those lectures or
sermons delivered by a schoolteacher or a scout leader on a
"man-to-man" basis to prepare the nervous youngster for life's lurking
pitfall."
(From English English by Norman W. Schur.)
"Coloured cartoon from the Northern Looking Glass 14 November 1825,
entitled "Pious Jaw Breakers". The cartoon is a comment on a report in
the newspapers that a pious church-goer had dislocated his jaw while
singing hymns over-enthusiastically."
(From TheGlasgowStory.)
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