give an eye-tooth

English

Verb

give an eye-tooth (third-person singular simple present gives an eye-tooth, present participle giving an eye-tooth, simple past gave an eye-tooth, past participle given an eye-tooth)

1. Alternative form of give one's eye-teeth
   • c. 1639 published 1655, James Shirley, The Politician, act 1, scene 1, from The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley, page 94:

     How his frown
     Hath scatter'd them like leaves! they fly from him
     As nimbly as their bodies had no more weight
     Than their petitions. I would give an eye-tooth,
     To read but three lines.