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Tooth
Tooth noun - Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense.
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Said dentist tries the old-fashioned method of tying one end of a string to the tooth and the other to a doorknob.
Source: The Tooth Hurts -
She ties one end of a string to the tooth and the other end to a bedpost, then frightens Tom with a hot coal.
Source: The Tooth Hurts -
Arbuthnot Rawlinson tries to cure a toothache by tying a string to the affected tooth and the other end to the inner door of an old-fashioned lift.
Source: The Tooth Hurts
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Tooth and String. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/string/tooth
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