eyeteeth
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Many major museums, Schaffner says, “would give eyeteeth for these works today.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
"Elektra is a piece that conductors would give their eyeteeth to conduct and I've given that piece away three times during my time," he laughed.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023
Palmer told the Chicago Tribune in 1999 that Dench “is an actress who anyone would give their eyeteeth to work with.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2020
His grave has always moved me, and I have walked to it often: like many members of my generation, I cut my eyeteeth on his work.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2011
Her teeth were large and crooked, eyeteeth missing.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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