tooth-brush

For that matter he had never seen a tooth-brush, nor did he know that there existed beings in the world who were guilty of so great a foolishness as tooth washing.

THE APOSTATE: written by Jack London 2010

For that matter he had never seen a tooth-brush, nor did he know that there existed beings in the world who were guilty of so great a foolishness as tooth washing.

THE APOSTATE 2010

He resolved to get a tooth-brush and form the habit.

Chapter 4 2010

He washes at the filthy sink with splashes of cold water (he has never seen a tooth-brush), dries on a greasy towel that leaves his face covered with shreds of lint, meantime hearing his chronically sick mother's plaintive mantra, "I try to do the best I can ..."

“I ain't never goin' to work again. . . . I'm plum tired out.” 2008

Utterly regardless of ink, he lavished it on every undeserving object — on his clothes, his desk, his hat, the handle of his tooth-brush, his umbrella.

Somebody's Luggage 2007

The 5-mile trek (both to And fro) in deep snow (not to mention all the sleet) without sufficient weather-gear (mama told me we could only afford a new tooth-brush Or winter boots for me, but not Both) deterred me.

Why Are We Eating So Much Shrimp ? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

There were, in chief, a basin and a jug of water and a slop-pail of tin, and, further, a piece of yellow soap in a tray, a tooth-brush, a rat-tailed shaving brush, one huckaback towel, and one or two other minor articles.

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

It is customary to dip the tooth-brush into water, so as the better to enable it to take up the dentifrice.

The Art of Living in Australia 2004

In using his tooth-brush, which had been in a pocket containing a little of the poison, he noticed a bitter taste, but attributed it to his having sometimes used, the handle in taking quinine.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

His face was not to be forgotten, it gave the impression of fire behind bars: A cut, hard face with a tooth-brush moustache, broad cheek-bones, strong-growing dark slightly-grizzled hair, and those steel-bright flickering eyes.

Maid in Waiting 2004