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ivories
noun- the teeth UK, 1782
- The bastard jammed a shotgun in my mouth. Knocked out half my ivories and thought my brains were going to follow them. — Christopher Brookmyre, Boiling a Frog, pp. 213–214, 2000
- the keys of a piano or a similar instrument UK, 1818
- [T]hat was how we got Joe Sullivan on the ivories. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blue, 1946
- dice US, 1830
- And the pains hit me; down on my haunches there in the toilet, tossing those ivories. — Harlan Ellison, Gentleman Junkie, p. 141, 1961: High Dice
- — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, p. 262, 1962
- billiard or pool balls UK, 1875
- I threw a set of ivories out and started batting them around. — Robert Byrne, McGoorty, p. 132, 1972
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 17, 1990
▶ spank the ivories
play the piano in a jazz-style US- Eart Hines one of the cleverest piano players in the country... VOICE 1: sure spanks the ivories... VOICE 2: ... ain’t that boy hot! — Frederic Ramsey Junior, Chicago Documentary, p. 31, 1944
▶ tickle the ivories
to play the piano UK, 1930- They want someone to “tickle the ivories” during the afternoons and in return receive no pay, just free beer. — Wanstead & Woodford Guardian, 31 October 2002
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