Word: teething
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Teeth...
...Loami, Ill., W. H. Workman, 68, carved himself a set of false teeth from a hickory plank. Once a month he soaks them in olive...
Penetrating descriptive force is Author Hazard's on occasion. "He had one of those retreating chins which is nevertheless determined; his teeth turned in, the kind of mouth people have who are afraid to step out and fight in the open but who secretly by hook or by crook are determined to have their own way." Nor is the book without humor, illustrated by the story of an old pastry-lover who interpreted literally and insistently the statement on restaurant menus: "All kinds of pie, 10?...
Rising and lighting a lamp, the Saint took up his toothbrush, covered the bristles with coarse grey granules, began to scrub. "I am brushing my teeth with contraband salt. I presume I am being arrested for breaking the salt laws...
...water of starfish by using a long mop, but other foes lurk beneath the surface. There are snailfish molluscs known as drills, borers, whelks and conches that congregate upon the oyster in such masses that they smother him. And the drum fish, sometimes several feet long, has such stout teeth that he can crush the oyster, shell and all. Attempts have been made to frighten him away by exploding dynamite, but against this weapon he is foolhardy, fearless...