"cheek music"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Means "whistling," but cf. later "chin music," yakking.

1787 _The Adventures of Jonathan Corncob_ (London: ptd. for the author) 190:
Does it not blow hard enough without your giving us your d----d cheek music,
to bring on a squall, and be d----d to you."

JL

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