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tin grin
noun- someone who wears a brace on the teeth US
A cruel nickname. - You know, he might store the calcium in his teeth – I don’t think that Does anyone know of any pictures of her and her tin grin? — alt.sex.bondage, 20 January 1994: Braces fetish
- Where did Tin Grin come from originally – and Metal Mouth [...]? — Catherine Robinson, Tin Grin, p. 224, 2001
- — Lucy van Amerongen, The A-Z of Teen Talk, p. 30, 2007
- any person with orthodontia US
- Adults have swollen the ranks of America’s estimated four million “tin-grins” just as the declining birth rate was depleting the traditional orthodontic market of young children and teen-agers. — Washington Post, p. B2, 10 October 1977
- — Chris Lewis, The Dictionary of Playground Slang, p. 41, 2003
- For boomers, taunts like “brace-face,” “tin grin” and “metal mouth” have made way for more sophisticated teasing. — Washington Post, p. F1, 13 January 2004
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