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Q. You once described the Anglican Church as "an old lady muttering platitudes through teethless gums."

From Time Magazine Archive

He hirples twa fauld as he dow, Wi' his teethless gab and his auld beld pow, And the rain rains down frae his red blear'd e'e; That auld man shall never daunton me.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

A bark frae a teethless dog is as gude as a bite.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

He hirples twa fauld as he dow, Wi’ his teethless gab and Ma auld beld pow, And the rain rains down frae his red bleer’d ee— That auld man shall never daunton me.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

He seemed to doze in the light and warmth; but as the little people passed him, he fumbled at his hat and smiled through his teethless gums.

From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir