snaggletooth
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We’re talking about Derpy Tiger, an oversized blue cat with glowing yellow eyes, a snaggletooth grin and a penchant for righting overturned vessels.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2025
Just as she’s reaching for an amusingly, metaphorically ripe peach, her idyll is cut short by a gang of snaggletooth, hygiene-challenged bikers.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
These include teeth from snaggletooth, lemon, mako, silky, sand tiger and great white sharks.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023
But it’s not just its snaggletooth — which can be up to nine feet long — that makes this Arctic sea creature unbelievable.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2016
She stares at me, but it feels like she’s looking at who I used to be, her little girl with ponytails and a snaggletooth who swore she was a Powerpuff Girl.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
The last hour of the journey to the ranch is on a dirt road that threads through palisades of rock that look like giant jawbones full of snaggleteeth.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 22, 2016
Dear Teeth, I agree about the beauty of the imperfect, and I wish Hollywood would show us more real noses, snaggleteeth, and baggy eyes.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2014
His snaggleteeth and sharp features earned him the nickname "Bird Face" when he was a kid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back then I’d giggle behind my own snaggleteeth.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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