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
New clients often arrive at Hurley’s studio listing the things they want to obscure with a pose: moles, a snaggletooth, a scar, a large nose, a double chin.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2018
The skeleton will allow scientists to compare the prehistoric snaggletooth, an extinct species, and modern snaggletooths, a descendant species that lives in the Pacific.
From Washington Post
Herman E. Calloway seemed like the kind of person that would rather get bit in the behind by a snaggletooth mule than have somebody give him a kiss.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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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