Hannibal Lecter mask
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After Hannibal Lecter, a violent criminal character who is restrained with such a mask in the film The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Noun[edit]
Hannibal Lecter mask (plural Hannibal Lecter masks)
- (colloquial) A mask that covers the lower part of a person's face to prevent biting.
- 2008, Men's Vogue, volume 4:
- Cheerleaders with pom-poms and Hannibal Lecter masks take the stage and flash the crowd in unison […]
- 2012, John Steiner, Snowflake Girl: Book 2, page 78:
- 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.