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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gat-tooth (g hard).
 
Goat-tooth. (Anglo-Saxon, gæt.) Goat-toothed is having a lickerish tooth. Chaucer makes the wife of Bath say, “Gat-toothed I was, and that became me wele.”   1
 


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