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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Derek clocked him right in his snaggle-toothed mouth.
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“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
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Connie rests her forearms on my open window frame and gives me a snaggle-toothed smile.
The Uninvited Guest Jane Hammons 2011
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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.
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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.
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