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Lantern JawsCheeks so thin that one may see daylight through them, as light shows through the horn of a lantern. In French, “un visage si maigre que si on mettait une bougie allumée dans la bouche, la lumière paraitait au travers des joues.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Lantern Jaws from Fact Monster:
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