Miller wrote: “To dream that you have lockjaw, signifies there is trouble ahead for you, as some person is going to betray your confidence.”
The historical account
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Lockjaw · Heading 1217; source lines 14201–14209 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you have lockjaw, signifies there is trouble ahead for you, as some person is going to betray your confidence. For a woman to see others with lockjaw, foretells her friends will unconsciously detract from her happiness by assigning her unpleasant tasks. If stock have it, you will lose a friend.
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