Word info

tooth fairy

Noun

Meaning

tooth fairy (plural tooth fairies)

A figure of modern myth said to give children a small amount of money (or sometimes a present) in exchange for a milk tooth when it falls out of a child's mouth.
Anna was concerned that telling her child about the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny would cause him to believe his mother was a liar later in life.

Tooth Fairy (plural Tooth Fairies)

Alternative letter-case form of tooth fairy

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Hypernyms

Examples

Now that I can see it's the queen's new clothes Now that I can hear all your poison prose Now that I can talk with my tongue unfroze I'm not so sure of Santa or the buck tooth fairy There are no words for me inside your dictionary. Andy Partridge

OK, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. Linus Torvalds

Canada is a myth people made up to entertain children, like the Tooth Fairy. There's no such place. Christopher Moore (author)

Because I am still a little girl who believes in Santa and the tooth fairy and you. Laurie Halse Anderson

As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen. Chris Van Allsburg

Beginning with Santa in infancy, and ending with the Tooth Fairy as the child acquires adult teeth. Or, plainly put, beginning with all the possibility of childhood, and ending with an absolute trust in the national currency. Chuck Palahniuk

Close letter words and terms