toothy-pegn.

Forms: Also toospeg.

Etymology: < *toothy, diminutive of tooth n. + peg n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtoothy-peg.

Nursery word for ‘tooth’. Also used jocularly in other contexts.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun]

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1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 91 Cutting her first little toothy-peg.

1921 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 3 Feb. (1928) II. 91 When the time comes just put your toospeg brush, pyjamas and a collar..into a handkerchief.

1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xxi. 171 [He] took his elephant's trotters and his hippopotamus's toothy pegs and all the sporting rifles and what nots.

1977 J. Wilson Making Hate vi. 71 It's those toothypegs, isn't it, my lovey, those naughty old toothypegs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	toothy-peg
释义	toothy-pegn. Forms: Also toospeg. Etymology: < toothy, diminutive of tooth n. + peg n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtoothy-peg. Nursery word for ‘tooth’. Also used jocularly* in other contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] teetha900 munpinsc1475 gams1508 peg1598 tusk1632 masticator1681 headrail1767 ivory1783 tombstone1809 dominos1828 dental1837 toothy-peg1840 fang1841 cruncher1859 chomper1884 teg1886 Hampstead Heath1887 pearly1914 gnasher1919 tat1919 pearly whites1935 chopper1937 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg i, in New Monthly Mag. 60 91 Cutting her first little toothy-peg. 1921 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 3 Feb. (1928) II. 91 When the time comes just put your toospeg brush, pyjamas and a collar..into a handkerchief. 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xxi. 171 [He] took his elephant's trotters and his hippopotamus's toothy pegs and all the sporting rifles and what nots. 1977 J. Wilson Making Hate vi. 71 It's those toothypegs, isn't it, my lovey, those naughty old toothypegs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1840
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