Word: teethes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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twig six or seven inches long cut from the dantan tree, after one end of the twig has Deen chewed to a pulp. To clean the tongue the same twig which has cleaned the teeth is split in two and brushed across...
Therefore only for the sake of knowledge I want to know whether Gandhi actually "brushed his teeth" (TIME, Jan. 11, p. 19, col. 2). Having had personal contact with the common Indian native I would say that if Gandhi is trying to be a common native himself he doesn't "brush" his teeth. Most natives are quite particular about washing their teeth and mouths. But instead of a brush they use a forefinger and some charcoal on their teeth, and two fingers to lave the tongue, going far enough back to tickle the throat into a convulsion...
...Gandhi neither brushes his teeth with a toothbrush nor tickles his throat with his forefingers. Like most Hindus he keeps his teeth, gums and tongue clean by rubbing them with a dantan, a slender...
British, French, U. S. officials in Shanghai itself lost no time replying to Admiral Shiosawa. A delegation of them boarded a launch, chugged out to the Japanese flagship and demanded a statement. Hissing politely through his teeth, Admiral Shiosawa replied that he was not a free agent, that he was merely obeying orders from Tokyo. He did agree to consult the Settlement Council before taking any military action...
...Chicago. Old Paulino Uzcudun, once a Pyrenean woodchopper and now a chopping block for young ambitious heavyweights, showed his gold front teeth at King Levinsky, onetime Chicago fish-peddler whose manager is his sister, Mrs. ("Leaping") Lena Levy. As usual, when he is fighting someone with a punch, Uzcudun tucked his chin against his chest, allowed Levinsky to pound the top of his Neanderthal skull. After ten rounds of these tactics, one of the judges voted to call it a draw. The other judge and Referee, Phil Collins, overruled him because Levinsky, though comically inaccurate, had been energetic enough, particularly...