tooth powder
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tooth powder
First recorded in 1535–45
Example Sentences
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She’d gone out to buy tooth powder, her husband said, and never came back.
From Los Angeles Times
He sold tooth powder door to door and delivered wine for a time.
From New York Times
Rani doesn't have tooth powder, but she shows me how to brush my teeth with a fresh twig from a neem tree.
From Literature
They then used chemicals and enzymes, followed by a washing protocol, to isolate the DNA in the resulting tooth powder.
From New York Times
One of the things they tried was some Pepsodent tooth powder, a predecessor to modern toothpaste.
From Washington Times
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