cut teeth
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Medical professionals cut teeth and tissue out of the then-20-year-old’s mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
It is not, however, always necessary to cut teeth all round these wheels, as will be seen by an examination of Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
I had bought a huge saw-blade and cut teeth all down the back; these teeth fitted into a little cogwheel set to take the friction, and driven forward by the spring.
From Wanderers by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster
If you'll take poke root and cut it in small pieces and string it and put it 'round a baby's neck it will cut teeth easy.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration
It is pretty, in youth, to play with style as a puppy plays with a bone, to cut teeth upon it.
From Adventures in Criticism by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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