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  • Her dental-floss thong was so minimal, she might as well have been naked.

    Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011

  • Think of an entire section of the media transformed into jeering, finger-pointing Nelson from The Simpsons: "Ha ha, Nigella is worried about how she'd compare, standing next to size-zero, 20-year-old hotties in dental-floss thongs."

    Just for a moment, I wanted a burkini too | Barbara Ellen 2011

  • Her dental-floss thong was so minimal, she might as well have been naked.

    Shore Thing Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi 2011

  • But my favorite item for both utility and art-historical chops is Andres Amaya's 1999 "Chacmuelas" dental-floss holder.

    Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design 2010

  • Team Design is represented by the Mexican Cultural Institute, where a large-scale, multi-floor exhibition of commercial design -- lamps, chairs, dental-floss holders -- offers objects that are meant to be used.

    Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design 2010

  • When they weren't examining bodies, the campers at Stockton CSI spent time at a county jail, where they saw a "weapons board" of shivs and other lethal objects crafted by inmates, including a dental-floss rope intended for strangulations.

    Hit TV Shows Spawn Summer Camps for Couch Potatoes 2010

  • Tissues, comb, lipstick, mini-toothbrush, a Qantas dental-floss stick … She rummages farther and retrieves a condom.

    ME MYSELF I PIP KARMEL 1971

  • He brushed his teeth carefully and used dental-floss.

    I Am Legend Matheson, Richard, 1926- 1954

  • He brushed his teeth carefully and used dental-floss.

    I Am Legend Matheson, Richard, 1926- 1954

  • It started well enough, with a couple of wide, long white contrast-coloured pleat dresses - a low-backed green pleat on white dress with dental-floss thin shoulder straps was casually lovely - and baggy, pleated-shoulder tops teamed with slouchy trousers.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Luke Leitch 2011

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