supple : Idioms & Phrases

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supple-chapped

Sup"ple-chapped` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a limber tongue. R. "A supple-chapped flatterer." Marston.
Webster 1913

supple-jack

Sup"ple-jack` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem.
    He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving.
    ✍ This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies.
Webster 1913