2. Noun. A predatory fish of the ''Astronesthes'' genus, so-called because of its teeth. ¹
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Definition of Snaggletooth
1. [n SNAGGLETEETH]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snaggletooth
Literary usage of Snaggletooth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oriflamme (1883)
"... we met " snaggletooth," and all that that name recalls. At the " hop" the boys
said of snaggletooth, they had no ..."
2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"Bob Bolton, air that yer snaggletooth countenance over thar? Whar air that root
o' rattlesnake's-master you-uns ware gwine ter fetch ter trade fur some ..."
3. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"... and Simon snaggletooth. Please, Mr. Othello, can you lend me some vermilion ?
No; I always use carmine, except when I black my face for Hassan, ..."
4. A Green Hand's First Cruise ...: Together with a Residence of Five Months in by Josiah Cobb (1841)
"... to be in readiness to give chase to the prize to windward, which many accounted
to be 'nothing less than an Indiaman, if Old snaggletooth aloft has ..."
5. Short Patent Sermons by Elbridge Gerry Paige (1845)
"... fervent religious kiss—with the exceptions of Susan Squirt and Sail
snaggletooth—who, I am afraid, have sinned away their days of grace and good looks. ..."
6. Short Patent Sermons by Elbridge Gerry Paige (1845)
"... fervent religious kiss—with the exceptions of Susan Squirt and Sail
snaggletooth—who, I am afraid, have sinned away their days of grace and good looks. ..."
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