box of ivories

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Noun

box of ivories (plural boxes of ivories)

1. (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

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary