eyetooth
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British Foreign Secretary Ernie Bevin, winding up talks in Washington this week, was leaving behind a personal memento: his lower eyetooth, yanked a fortnight ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
"For every Greenfield, there are literally scores of other communities who would give their eyetooth for a Wal-Mart store," says Wal-Mart spokesman Don Shinkle.
From Time Magazine Archive
A snob, a bully and a coarser man than his creator seems to believe, Brad has a Southernness as sensitive as an aching eyetooth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Casey had a pronounced limp and an eyetooth was broken short off, about halfway to the gums, and his lip was cut.
From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.
But he also knew that when a dog lowers his head and growls, showing his eyetooth, he means business.
From His Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
Many major museums, Schaffner says, “would give eyeteeth for these works today.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
"Elektra is a piece that conductors would give their eyeteeth to conduct and I've given that piece away three times during my time," he laughed.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
Palmer told the Chicago Tribune in 1999 that Dench “is an actress who anyone would give their eyeteeth to work with.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2020
His grave has always moved me, and I have walked to it often: like many members of my generation, I cut my eyeteeth on his work.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2011
Her teeth were large and crooked, eyeteeth missing.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
