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Hannibal Lecter mask

noun

Etymology

After Hannibal Lecter, a violent criminal character who is restrained with such a mask in the film The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Definitions

  1. A mask that covers the lower part of a person's face to prevent biting.

    • Cheerleaders with pom-poms and Hannibal Lecter masks take the stage and flash the crowd in unison […]
    • Think we're eventually gonna have to get one of those Hannibal Lecter masks from an S and M boutique. Right now we got to keep his head still.

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