toothful
Example Sentences
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"Just try a toothful of that to begin with," said Mat.
From Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins
Upon which, turning to me, he said, "see what you can do with him, boy—if you cant keep him along with you, you dont get a toothful in this house."
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
All day I laid in the bunk reading the' Woman-Hater,' the grandest book Charlie Reade ever wrote, an' pickin' a toothful here an' there.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling
I’ll follow you up in a jiffey, sir, as soon as I have swallowed a toothful of this warm stuff to keep out the cold.
From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Henry Austin
So Anthea went on— 'I love my little crocodile, I love his truthful toothful smile; It is so wonderful and wide, I like to see it—FROM OUTSIDE.'
From The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. (Edith) Nesbit
