the tooth fairy
Definition of the tooth fairy
: an imaginary creature who is supposed to leave money for children while they sleep in exchange for a tooth that has come out
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: one of the hard bony appendages that are borne on the jaws or in many of the lower vertebrates on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx and serve especially for the prehension and mastication of food and as weapons of offense and defense
: any of various usually hard and sharp processes especially about the mouth of an invertebrate
: a projection resembling or suggesting the tooth of an animal in shape, arrangement, or action : such as
: a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having diminutive human form and magic powers
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