gap-toothed

[gap-tootht, -toothd]
adjective
having a noticeable space between two teeth.


Origin:
1560–70

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gap-toothed
 
adj
having wide spaces between the teeth

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Gap-toothed is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
The seamed and arid face, a slowly eroding riverbed, is as wide open as a gap-toothed grin.
It's a tie between the gap-toothed grin framed with big ears and the round-shouldered, bowlegged slouch.
Older streets are gap-toothed where wreckers have removed abandoned houses.
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