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tinsel-teeth noun- any person with orthodontia US
- I would be in school, and notice that if a girl had braces on her teeth the other kids would call her “tinsel-teeth” or “iron mouth”. — Washington Post, p. D1, 24 November 1979
- The appearance of the devices led to the use of such pejorative terms as “metal mouth” “armor plate,” “tinsel teeth,” “tin-grin” and “Siberian railroad tracks.” — Washington Post, p. Z17, 19 September 1995
- orthodontic braces US
- — Current Slang, p. 10, Winter 1971
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