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Definitions for tooth fairy
tooth fai·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
tooth fairynoun
a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out
Wiktionary
tooth fairynoun
A figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money (or sometimes a present) in exchange for a tooth when it falls out of a child's mouth.
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Tooth fairy
The Tooth Fairy is a fantasy figure of early childhood in Western and Western-influenced cultures. The folklore states that when children lose one of their baby teeth, they should place it underneath their pillow or on their bedside table and the Tooth Fairy will visit while they sleep, replacing the lost tooth with a small payment.
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tooth fairy
The Tooth Fairy is a mythical or legendary character mostly prevalent in western cultures which is said to visit children at night while they're asleep and replace their lost baby teeth, which are placed under their pillows, with a small payment or gift. The character's origin and details of its supposed deeds can vary significantly from place to place.
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Tooth fairy
The tooth fairy is a fantasy figure of early childhood. The folklore states that when a child loses a baby tooth, if he or she places it beneath the bed pillow, the tooth fairy will visit while the child sleeps, replacing the lost tooth with a small payment. The tradition of leaving a tooth under a pillow for the tooth fairy to collect is practiced in various countries in the Anglosphere. For an example of how some families in the United States observe tooth fairy customs, see this transcript of an episode of the radio show, This American Life.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tooth fairy in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tooth fairy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of tooth fairy in a Sentence
The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.
Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/AP Authorities was the kid that believed in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny. Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/AP Authorities does n’t have the capacity to commit a crime or be intentional.
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. ... Since government has no resources of its own, and since there’s no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person’s property to give it to another to whom it does not belong -- in effect, legalized theft.
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- جني الأسنانArabic
- Zoubková vílaCzech
- tandfeenDanish
- ZahnfeeGerman
- νεράιδα των δοντιώνGreek
- ratoncito Pérez, hada de los dientesSpanish
- پری دندانPersian
- hammaskeijuFinnish
- petite sourisFrench
- sióg fiacailIrish
- fogtündérHungarian
- ատամի փերիArmenian
- peri GigiIndonesian
- fatina dei dentiItalian
- 歯の妖精Japanese
- 이빨 요정Korean
- mediocris denteLatin
- забна самовилаMacedonian
- tandenfeeDutch
- tannfeenNorwegian
- zębowa wróżkaPolish
- fada dos dentesPortuguese
- Zana MaselutaRomanian
- зубная феяRussian
- tand älvaSwedish
- பல் தேவதைTamil
- టూత్ ఫెయిరీTelugu
- นางฟ้าฟันThai
- diş perisiTurkish
- Зубна феяUkrainian
- دانت کی پریUrdu
- tiên răngVietnamese
- צאָן פייעYiddish
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