DRAWL, DRAWLING
ADJECTIVES
► GAVELLOUS drawling in speech; mumbling, lisping, indistinct → 1903 Sc.
► MUSH-MOUTHED having a drawling or indistinct accent → 1909 US sl.
NOUNS
► DRITE a drawl, a slow mode of speaking →18C Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MUSHMOUTH a person who drawls; one who speaks indistinctly or inarticulately →1868 US sl.
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