mouthful of marbles

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Meaning: (idiomatic,used insimiles)Anindistinct,muffledorgarbledmanner ofspeaking.2001, Timothy Ericksonet al., “Toxicology Update: A Rational Approach to Managing the Poisoned Patient”, inEmergency Medicine Practice, volume 3, number 8, page 5:Anticholinergic toxicity results in a characteristic mumbling, as if the patient is trying to quickly recite a haiku with amouthful of marbles.

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