Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The nodding bur-marigold or water-agrimony, Bidens cernua, translating the genus name.
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Examples
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When it parted from each successive station, with a shock and a shriek as if it had had a double-tooth drawn, the old gentleman shook his head, and I shook mine.
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As if the great name of the Creator of Heaven and earth could be made more solemn by a knuckle-bone, or a double-tooth, or a finger-nail, of
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It must have been that old double-tooth at the back on the left lower side, for I remember ----
The Eyes of Asia Rudyard Kipling 1900
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And now, in the sudden relief and wiping of faces, everybody on board seems to have had a prodigious double-tooth out, and to be this very instant free of the dentist's hands.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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When the missile was extracted, however, it turned out to be a huge human double-tooth.
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To them presently came Dr. Jedd, as lively and business-like as if Miss Halliday's case had been a question of taking out a double-tooth.
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As if the great name of the Creator of Heaven and earth could be made more solemn by a knuckle-bone, or a double-tooth, or a finger-nail, of Dunstan!
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As if the great name of the Creator of Heaven and earth could be made more solemn by a knuckle-bone, or a double-tooth, or a finger-nail, of
A Child's History of England Charles Dickens 1841
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And now, in the sudden relief and wiping of faces, everybody on board seems to have had a prodigious double-tooth out, and to be this very instant free of the Dentist's hands.
The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841
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'You won't say more, I see,' said Fledgeby, looking at him as if he would like to try the effect of extracting a double-tooth or two, 'and so it's of no use my putting it to you.
Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841
ruzuzu commented on the word double-tooth
"The nodding bur-marigold or water-agrimony, Bidens cernua, translating the genus name."
--Cent. Dict.
August 24, 2012