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gnashers

British  
/ ˈnæʃəz /

plural noun

  1. slang teeth, esp false ones

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He said he was "gobsmacked and stunned" when he saw his long-lost gnashers.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2022

Half of the group kept their teeth, multiplying the number of pointy gnashers in their jaws to make them effective fish catchers.

From The Guardian Nov. 29, 2016

Then, 15 years later, the preposterous porcelain party in Rylan Clark’s mouth came along and bit a massive chunk out of any remaining notion of natural gnashers on the telly.

From The Guardian Sep. 23, 2014

Watching my parents retrieve these National Health gnashers was a great warm-up for Monty Python.

From Slate Jan. 11, 2013

"At least this wee fella loves me," he simpered, nanoseconds before the cur sank its gnashers into the hand of the Souness-shunning sadsack.

From The Guardian Nov. 14, 2012

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