Meanings
nounAfrican toothache (plural African toothaches)
plural African toothaches
- datedslangA sexually transmitted disease.
How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?
1949, John O'Hara, A Rage to Live, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 193
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