milk tooth

Example Sentences

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"I found some pieces of flint and a reindeer milk tooth," she says proudly, as she huffs up a path to an Ice Age rock shelter.

From Time Magazine Archive

If a permanent tooth makes it appearance before the first is removed, or has become loose, the milk tooth, although not loose, should be removed without delay.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

Davey spat out a milk tooth, his right top incisor, and cried around the blood that coursed down his face.

From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory

When a child loses a milk tooth, it is taken up and thrown into the brush.

From Washo Religion by Downs, James F.