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toothbrush
UK/ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/British, Southern, Standard/ˈtʉwθ.bɹʌʃ/Northern England/ˈtuːθ.bɹʊʃ/Wales/ˈtuːθ.bɾəʃ/
noun
What it means
- A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh
1656, John Tradescant, Muſæum Tradefcantianum: OR, A COLLECTION OF RARITIES. PRESERVED At South-Lambeth neer London, page 53
In a sentence
A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh
1656, John Tradescant, Muſæum Tradefcantianum: OR, A COLLECTION OF RARITIES. PRESERVED At South-Lambeth neer London, page 53
Where it comes from
From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
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