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
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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Some have cut teeth at three months; indeed, there are instances on record of infants having been born with teeth.
From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry
The large gear has cut teeth, and the pinion is of steel, working in gun-metal bearings.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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