ˈsnaggle-toothed, a.
[app. f. snag n.1]
Having snaggle-teeth. Also fig.
| 1585 Higins tr. Junius' Nomencl. 452/1 s.v. Dento. 1688 Holme Armoury ii. 427/1 Snaggle, or Rake toothed, is when the teeth stands at a distance, one from the other. 1884 J. C. Harris Nts. Uncle Remus 105 I'm snaggle⁓toofed an' double j'inted. 1945 B. MacDonald Egg & I (1946) 85 On grey winter days its snaggle-toothed horizon could be seen plainly. 1954 Caribbean Quarterly III. iv. 231 Albert is a bright⁓eyed, snaggle-toothed little man. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 32 That snaggle-toothed chap in the comic button-up white suit,..—put him in a proper pinstripe and he'd pass for an Eastbourne estate agent! 1977 Time 14 Feb. 21/3 Entertainment is provided by..a Hollywood drop-cloth view of snaggle-toothed Mount Kenya. |