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snaggle-toothed

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a snaggle-tooth or snaggle-teeth.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of snaggletoothed.

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Examples

  • “Even the snaggle-toothed, the neurotic, the treacherous, and the dim-witted among women are hovered over by men, as jars of jam are hovered over by wasps.”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • With chef Clark operating the camera and Smith serving as a one-woman troupe, the two just wanted to amuse themselves over some of the frustrations, minor and otherwise, they encounter: a snaggle-toothed customer who mistakes a molar chip for a piece of glass, a neighbor who can't grasp the no-fried-chicken-on-Sunday menu, the husband who races to the counter, leaving the door ajar and his poor wife behind in the parking lot.

    Gillian Clark: The chef people love to hate? Tim Carman 2011

  • So did his quick conquest of Fafner the dragon, who emerged from his cave as a yellow eyed, snaggle-toothed serpent, a caricature of a monster.

    Of Gods And Monsters Heidi Waleson 2011

  • Clients say they trust Mr. Timman, runner-thin and snaggle-toothed, for $140 an hour, to manage most any request artfully.

    The Rembrandt of Sunset Strip Christina Binkley 2011

  • With chef Clark operating the camera and Smith serving as a one-woman troupe, the two just wanted to amuse themselves over some of the frustrations, minor and otherwise, they encounter: a snaggle-toothed customer who mistakes a molar chip for a piece of glass, a neighbor who can't grasp the no-fried-chicken-on-Sunday menu, the husband who races to the counter, leaving the door ajar and his poor wife behind in the parking lot.

    Gillian Clark: The chef people love to hate? Tim Carman 2011

  • Derek clocked him right in his snaggle-toothed mouth.

    BULLIES WITH BIG FAT HEADS • by Fred Warren 2010

  • “Even the snaggle-toothed, the neurotic, the treacherous, and the dim-witted among women are hovered over by men, as jars of jam are hovered over by wasps.”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • Connie rests her forearms on my open window frame and gives me a snaggle-toothed smile.

    The Uninvited Guest Jane Hammons 2011

  • Where Homer wrote of a wine-dark sea, Time invented similar compound adjectives to describe people in the news - for instance, flabby-chinned and snaggle-toothed.

    A Publishing Titan's 'Life' And 'Time' 2010

  • MACMILLAN: A snaggle-toothed old Etonian cuckold burdened (like Dave) by a guilt-complex about his wealth, leading him to let spending inflation rip as PM and laying the grounds for the economic disasters of the 1960s.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

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