tusk n.
(US Und.) a tooth; thus tusk-box n., a mouth.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Devil and the Lady (1930) III i 55: I’ll [...] uncork The claret of your nob, and dim your daylights, And make your ivories chatter in the tusk-box. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Lafayette Advertiser (LA) 12 Apr. 4/2: With a grunt of satisfaction he bit into the dainty morsel, while his ‘tushes’ sank deep in. | |
| God’s Man 365: ‘He won’t smile in a hurry,’ said Pink with a vicious grin. ‘Not until the dentist puts in four front tusks, he won’t.’. | |
| Goodbye to the Past 58: ‘Must remember to call up Doc Spence, and get these tusks yanked out’. | |
| (con. 1912) George Brown’s Schooldays 25: Bruiser’s tusks were going like pistons. |
In compounds
(US) a dentist.
| Perrysburg Jrnl (OH) 6 May 4/1: The dentist has received the title of ‘tusk-hoister’ and ‘tooth carpenter’. |
(Aus.) a dentist.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Raleigh Sun (Bellingen, NSW) 24 Mar. 4/5: The Tonsorial Artist v. The Tusk Jerker were the next to prat their hideous frames up to the green. |
(Aus.) a dentist.
| Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 2 Nov. 2/3: Ernest-Pitts, one time tusk tussler, is going to America. |