Reverse Dictionary: DENTIST

NOUNS
► FANG CHOVEY a dental surgery → 1850 sl.
► FANG FACTORY a dental surgery → 1974 sl.
► MURDER HOUSE a school dental clinic → 1964 NZ sl.
► PULLICANS ► PULLIKINS ► PULLYKINS anything used for gripping small objects, esp. a dentist’s forceps → 1843 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► DOC a dentist → 1965 Amer dial.
► FANG-BANDIT a dentist → 1950s Aust. sl.
► FANG CARPENTER a dentist → 1955 Aust. sl.
► FANGER a dentist or oral surgeon → 1981 medical sl.
► FANG FAKER a dentist → 1890 sl.
► FANG-FARRIER a dentist → 20C military usage
► FANG-LIFTER a dentist → 1939 US criminals’ sl.
► GUM-DIGGER a dentist → 1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
► GUMPUNCHER a dentist → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► GUM-SMASHER a dentist → L19 sl.
► GUM-TICKLER a dentist → L19 sl., orig. US
► HEAD-KNOCKER a dentist → 1965 Amer. dial.
► IVORY CARPENTER a dentist → c1885 jocular colloq.
► IVORY-PICKER a dentist → 1967 Amer. sl.
► IVORY-PULLER a dentist → 1967 Amer. sl.
► IVORY-SNATCHER a dentist → c1880 sl.
► JAWBONE BREAKER a dentist → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JAWBONE DOCTOR a dentist → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JAW BREAKER a dentist → 1954 Amer. dial.
► JAW CRACKER a dentist → 1944 Amer. dial.
► JAW PULLER a dentist → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JAW-SMITH a dentist → 1942 Amer. sl.
► KIND-HEART a tooth-drawer; a dentist → 17C jocular usage, obs.
► MOLAR JERKER a dentist → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOLAR MASHER a dentist → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MOLAR TINKER a dentist → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ODONTIST a dentist → 1819
► OLD JAW PULLER a dentist → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SNAG-CATCHER a nickname for a dentist → 19C Brit. sl.
► SNAG-FENCER a nickname for a dentist → 19C Brit. sl.
► TEETH-HALER a dentist → 19C Eng. dial.
► TOOTH CARPENTER a dentist → 1846 Amer. dial.
► TOOTH-DOCTOR a dentist → 1767
► TOOTH-DRAWER one who extracts teeth, a dentist → 1393 now contemptuous usage
► TOOTHWRIGHT the dental surgeon → 1950 nautical sl. (Bk.)
► YANK a dentist → 1945 jive usage (Bk.)