Definition of toothache
: pain in or about a tooth
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Healthcare providers across the state say immigrant patients are canceling appointments or waiting until the last minute to seek care for their child's toothache.
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The Allies discovered the mine’s location after Captain Robert Posey, one of the Monuments Men, had a toothache while visiting Trier, Germany.
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It can be used to treat toothaches, clean wounds, and clean your house.
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The toothache-inducing sweetness is tempered, only just, by florals, which come across as retro, powdery notes, kind of like your grandma’s vanity, kind of like the cheek of a new Cabbage Patch Kid.
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One of the city's largest school social-work staffs — three full-time social workers assisted by social-work interns from Tulane — help students with everything from toothaches to juvenile-court appearances.
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Then another, a 19-year-old construction worker from Dickinson who for more than a year had suffered the constant pain of an untreated toothache.
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Right now, the curling seed heads of toothache grass are waving above the fray.
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Swatches coming next! #bitterlacebeauty#halloween #halloweenmakeup #candycorn #toothache #highlighter #rainbowhighlighter A post shared by Bitter Lace Beauty (@bitter.lace.beauty) on Sep 20, 2016 at 8:32am PDT Here's our next mixture!
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First Known Use of toothache
14th century
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: pain in or near a tooth
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