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colt's tooth

noun

Etymology

From Middle English coltes tooth.

  1. inherited from coltes tooth

Definitions

  1. One of a horse's first set of teeth.

  2. Youthful desires, especially lust.

    • Well ſaid Lord Sands, Your Colts tooth is not caſt yet?
    • his Worship, who had still a Colt's-Tooth in his Head, cast an amorous Leer upon SALLY [...] Let me view her again, says the Justice, calling for his Spectacles, and at the same time gave her a gentle Squeeze by the Hand [...].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA