teether
(ˈtiːðə(r))
[f. teethe v. + -er1.]
A small object for an infant to bite on while teething; a teething ring.
| 1949 M. Mead Male & Female xiii. 272 Mother is there to put things—bottles, spoons, crackers, teethers—into your mouth. 1966 A. Price Generous Man (1967) ii. 177 She touched her breasts..and Milo said, ‘They must have got a heap of exercise since then.’.. ‘If acting as teethers for a middle-aged man with false teeth anyhow is your idea of exercise, they have.’ 1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 28 Sept. 21/5 Two of her bells were originally babies' rattles. They are rattle-shaped with tiny bells surrounding the metal body, a teether of either agate or coral as the handle. |