laughing gear

English

Alternative forms

• laughing-gear

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Noun

laughing gear (uncountable)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, humorous, slang) The mouth.
   • 2005, Brian Castro, The Garden Book, Giramond Publishing, NSW, page 110,

     His dumb face made me believe him. I told him if he saw anything unusual to come and tell me. Sure, Mr Damon, he whimpered. Sure, Mr Damon...I could have knocked out his laughing-gear.

   • 2007, Danny Palmerlee, South America on a Shoestring, Lonely Planet, page 801:

     Wrap your laughing gear around these luscious Lebanese swamis (meat and spice wrapped in Lebanese bread).

   • 2008, Teri Louise Kelly, Sex, Knives and Bouillabaisse, South Australia: Wakefield Press, page 59:

     You will recognize him instantly — a man with his laughing gear permanently attached to a liquor bottle.

   • 2008, Charles Rawlings-Way, New Zealand:

     Wrap your laughing gear around fresh bread and tasty spreads to set yourself up for the day.

   • 2009, Mark Abernethy, Second Strike, NSW: Allen & Unwin, page 586:

     ‘Get your laughing gear round that lot,’ Frank drawled as he put the chops, steaks and bangers on the table.

   • 2012, Peter Kaminsky, Fishing For Dummies, UK: John Wiley & Sons, page 63:

     Despite having pretty mean teeth, it lacks the laughing gear of the pike and thus smaller baits tend to be used.