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Meanings of toothless in English

Portuguese
desdentado

Lacking teeth.

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desdentado

Toothless.

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Usage of toothless in English
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The man in the corner mumbled at me with his toothless gums.
Arizona Nights
2
The infant at birth has no teeth visible: the mouth is toothless.
The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease
3
The front part of its jaws was toothless and covered with horn.
The Story of Evolution
4
A stoned, toothless hooker kept smiling at him from across the room.
The soul catcher
5
Had Bashir miscalculated, complacent in the view that the ICC was toothless?
The Guardian
6
Australia's aged care regulator has long been criticised as a toothless tiger.
The Guardian
7
The Church had become toothless, decrepit either for evil or for good.
Phyllis of Philistia
8
She threw out her hands and turned a toothless countenance toward me.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
9
Anacrites had planned to imprison me until I was incontinent and toothless.
Venus In Copper
10
I must look baffled, because Camel lets loose with a toothless cackle.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
11
Snettishane grunted and suggested Wanidani, who was an old woman and toothless.
The Faith of Men
12
Aged persons who are toothless may be supported almost exclusively on sugar.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
13
Forth stepped a decrepit old woman, with lank cheeks and toothless jaws.
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
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In Minneapolis, he picked up six parade wagons and a toothless lion.
Water for elephants
15
The toothless sumbitch was screaming his demand directly into my right ear.
Gods go begging
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She heard old man Adams's tongue clicking in his toothless old mouth.
Six Feet Four
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