Definition of "wry-mouthed" [wry-mouthed]

• Having a crooked mouth; hence, unflattering.
• In conchology, having an irregular or distorted aperture of the shell.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He was a wry-mouthed camel driver on a hajj to Tennessee, and he played that Dhahran dobro like a Bedouin hillbilly…"
• "When I come back again there they was sittin 'wry-mouthed an' looking at one another, wi 'some muddy-lookin' stuff in the glasses afore 'em."
• "By the stove nodded a wry-mouthed, squat old woman, and a tall, cheaply handsome man of forty."