snaggle-toothedadj.
Having snaggle-teeth. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [adjective] > disorders of teeth
tooth-shaken1549
snaggle-toothed1585
impacted1876
tartrous1904
overerupted1939
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > broken or irregular
snaggle-toothed1585
saw-toothed1588
snagged1688
snaggy1703
snaggled1884
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 452/1 at Dento.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 427/1 Snaggle, or Rake toothed, is when the teeth stands at a distance, one from the other.
1884 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus 105 I'm snaggle~toofed an' double j'inted.
1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) 85 On grey winter days its snaggle-toothed horizon could be seen plainly.
1954 Caribbean Quarterly III. iv. 231 Albert is a bright~eyed, snaggle-toothed little man.
1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 32 That snaggle-toothed chap in the comic button-up white suit,..—put him in a proper pinstripe and he'd pass for an Eastbourne estate agent!
1977 Time 14 Feb. 21/3 Entertainment is provided by..a Hollywood drop-cloth view of snaggle-toothed Mount Kenya.
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