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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dewlap \Dew"lap`\, n. [Dew + lap to lick.]
     1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or
        licks the dew in grazing.
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     2. The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.


        [Burlesque]
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              On her withered dewlap pour the ale.  --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dewlap
       n : a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck

















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