Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amended (and former) spelling of
toothache .
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- noun Obsolete form of
toothache .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's inclined to toothake, and in the mornin 'his face were as big as a football.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 21, 1917 Various
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May 19. had a auful toothake today and had to go down to docter
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"about her Majestie's grievous pangs and pains by reason of the toothake and rheum," &c.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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"Some days ago Isabella had a terrible fit of the toothake, and she walked with a long night-shift at dead of night like a ghost, and I thought she was one.
Stories of Childhood Various 1885
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"Some days ago Isabella had a terrible fit of the toothake, and she walked with a long night-shift at dead of night like a ghost, and I thought she was one.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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