gobber tooth
nounEtymology Formed from gobber (of uncertain origin; possibly derived from gob or gab; compare gubber-tush) + tooth. The earliest documented usage can be traced back to 1628, but the term was not recorded between the 17th and late 20th centuries.
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Historical A large or protruding tooth.
- Every old woman with a wrinkled face..a gobber tooth..is pronounced for a witch.1646, Gaule, J., Select Cases of Conscience, page 5:
- Sanders' wife..is much more attractive than the legendary witches of hag-jowl and gobber-tooth.1970 April 25, San Mateo Times, California:
- Derived terms
- gobber-toothed
- Related terms
- bucktooth, gubber-tush, loose-toothed, snaggletooth