Recent Examples on the WebThe tooth of choice for the procedure: an eyetooth, or canine.—Megan Talkington, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2010 The real Bootsy, unlike the person pretending to be him, has a star on his eyetooth.—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2022 The regiment earned renown for leading thousands of men in the July 18, 1863, storming of Fort Wagner, an eyetooth in the jaw of defenses around Charleston Harbor.—Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020 Audra’s prodigious knowledge of people’s names, faces and bewildering, often pointless personal details — that someone recently broke an eyetooth on a bagel, for example — is an animating force in the book.—Lydia Kiesling, New York Times, 7 July 2017 But what sort of capitalist swine wouldn’t give his eyeteeth for one?—John Brownlee, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2006
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