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tooth-drawer

tooth-drawer noun: someone who draws teeth; a dentist.

Noun

tooth-drawer (plural tooth-drawers)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) Someone who draws teeth; a dentist.
    • worn in the cap of a tooth-drawerc. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of tooth-drawer

pluraltooth-drawers

Questions about tooth-drawer

What does tooth-drawer mean?
Tooth-drawer means someone who draws teeth; a dentist.
What part of speech is tooth-drawer?
Tooth-drawer is a noun.
What is the plural of tooth-drawer?
The plural of tooth-drawer is tooth-drawers.

Words near tooth-drawer in the dictionary

  1. tooth-bottles
  2. tooth-comb
  3. tooth-combed
  4. tooth-combing
  5. tooth-combs
  6. tooth-drawer
  7. tooth-drawers
  8. tooth-stainer
  9. tooth-stainers
  10. tooth-to-jowl
  11. tooth-wash

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