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English
Adjective
jawfaln (comparative more jawfaln, superlative most jawfaln)
- Nonstandard form of jawfallen.
1660 May 14, “Britains Triumph”, in The Return of the King: An Anthology of English Poems Commemorating the Restoration of Charles II: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