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tooth fairy
[ tooth fair-ee ]
noun
- a fairy credited with leaving a child money or a small gift in exchange for a baby tooth that has fallen out and been placed under the child's pillow at night.
Idioms and Phrases
A mythical source of bounty, as in So who will finance this venture—the tooth fairy? This expression refers to the fairy credited with leaving money under a child's pillow in place of a baby tooth that has fallen out, a practice popular with American parents since the first half of the 1900s.Example Sentences
But she is still most ecstatic when the tooth fairy tucks a single crisp bill under her pillow.
A smile revealed two missing front teeth, and they talked about the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny.
I like letting them believe in Santa or the tooth fairy.
He told stories about getting money from the tooth fairy and how his savings have eclipsed $100.
How much did they get from the tooth fairy?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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