tooth fairy

noun

: a fairy believed by children to leave money while they sleep in exchange for a tooth that has come out

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Iowa Senator defends her statement in sarcastic video mentioning tooth fairy Ernst addressed the town hall moment in a seemingly sarcastic video on May 31. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 June 2025 From the savage little tooth fairies that swarm around Hellboy’s team, to the forest god that sprouts along the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, to the mechanical Golden Army itself, the movie is like the pages of del Toro’s famous notebook come to life in living color. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024 Send any news, comments, tooth fairy lux goods, and Moon boots to [email protected]. Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024 Rebecca is seen waking up at ungodly hours, coddling crying babies, signing permission slips, setting up tooth fairy traps, dismantling tooth fairy fears, and after Jack was gone, giving self-worth pep talks and doing her best to hold this family together. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for tooth fairy

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tooth fairy was in 1908

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“Tooth fairy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tooth%20fairy. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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