"leather-lunged" meaning in English

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      "form": "leather lunged",
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          "ref": "1918, B. M. Bower, chapter 11, in Cabin Fever:",
          "text": "He would like to know how she was getting along—and the baby, too. . . . It was a leather-lunged, red-faced, squirming little mite.",
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        {
          "ref": "1980, Raven I. McDavid Jr., American English: Essays, →ISBN, page 313:",
          "text": "One of the notable effects of technical change has been the obsolescence of leather-lunged oratory of the William Jennings Bryan school, in favor of the \"fireside chat\" of Franklin Roosevelt; with electrical amplification, a speaker could use conversational style and still be understood in a large auditorium.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 April 4, James Poniewozik, “Why American Idol Keeps Soaring”, in Time:",
          "text": "Some make a story arc of their performances, like Clarkson, who grew over Season 1 from wallflower to leather-lunged sensation.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc."
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          "shout",
          "shout"
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          "wail",
          "wail"
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          "singing",
          "singing"
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        "(idiomatic) Possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stentorian"
        },
        {
          "word": "vociferous"
        }
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  "word": "leather-lunged"
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      "form": "more leather-lunged",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most leather-lunged",
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        "superlative"
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          "ref": "1918, B. M. Bower, chapter 11, in Cabin Fever:",
          "text": "He would like to know how she was getting along—and the baby, too. . . . It was a leather-lunged, red-faced, squirming little mite.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Raven I. McDavid Jr., American English: Essays, →ISBN, page 313:",
          "text": "One of the notable effects of technical change has been the obsolescence of leather-lunged oratory of the William Jennings Bryan school, in favor of the \"fireside chat\" of Franklin Roosevelt; with electrical amplification, a speaker could use conversational style and still be understood in a large auditorium.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 April 4, James Poniewozik, “Why American Idol Keeps Soaring”, in Time:",
          "text": "Some make a story arc of their performances, like Clarkson, who grew over Season 1 from wallflower to leather-lunged sensation.",
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        }
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        ],
        [
          "sustained",
          "sustained"
        ],
        [
          "public speaking",
          "public speaking"
        ],
        [
          "shout",
          "shout"
        ],
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          "wail",
          "wail"
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          "singing",
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        "(idiomatic) Possessing or characterized by robust lungs and a strong voice suitable for loud, sustained public speaking, shouting, wailing, singing, etc."
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      "word": "stentorian"
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  "word": "leather-lunged"
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