box of ivories
English edit
Noun edit
box of ivories (plural boxes of ivories)
- (slang, archaic) A set of teeth.
- 1852, Howard Paul, Dashes of American Humour, page 81:
- The following day Simon sulks whenever he sees Sally, and Sally grins to the exposure of her box of ivories whenever she meets Simon.
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary