Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not toothsome; unpalatable.
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- adjective Not
toothsome .
Etymologies
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Examples
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To establish a falsehood, therefore, there must be put into the otherwise untoothsome bait some truth.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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Often the dare is to eat some very untoothsome morsel.
Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873
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As she spoke she put her hand in her pocket, and taking from it her untoothsome plum, popped it into Tom's mouth.
St. George and St. Michael Volume III George MacDonald 1864
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As she spoke she put her hand in her pocket, and taking from it her untoothsome plum, popped it into Tom's mouth.
St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864
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There! 'he added, putting the plum in her hand,' it is an untoothsome thing, but the moment may come when you will find it useful enough to repay you for the annoyance of a smile that had in it ten times more friendship than merriment. '
St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864
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There! 'he added, putting the plum in her hand,' it is an untoothsome thing, but the moment may come when you will find it useful enough to repay you for the annoyance of a smile that had in it ten times more friendship than merriment. '
St. George and St. Michael Volume I George MacDonald 1864
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