sweet tooth

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Sweet-tooth the giant happened to be passing by, and he bit off the top of that tower there, and was beginning to gnaw at the great dome.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

Sweet-tooth, the second finger, pryed into what was sweet, as well as into what was sour, pointed to the sun and moon, and he it was that gave stress when they wrote.

From A Christmas Greeting by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

Sweet-tooth, his neighbor, dipped himself into sweet or sour, pointed to the sun and moon, and formed the letters when the fingers wrote.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

We are very sorry, dear little Mrs. Sweet-tooth, and are glad that your kind pa and ma "like your writing and think it has improved."

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. by Peters, Charles