tooth floater

tooth floater
 n.— «I will sell the following belonging to my late husband.…Tooth floater and gag.» —“Auction of Horse Trailer and Racing Equipment” by Mrs. G.E. Finney in advertisement Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland) June 13, 1969. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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Punny Names From 1916

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