box of ivories

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

box of ivories (plural boxes of ivories)

  1. (slang, archaic) A set of teeth.
    • 1852, Howard Paul, Dashes of American Humour, page 81:
      The following day Simon sulks whenever he sees Sally, and Sally grins to the exposure of her box of ivories whenever she meets Simon.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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