| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: To draw one's eye-teeth. To take the conceit out of a person; to fleece one without mercy; to make one suffer loss without seeing the manoeuvre by which it was effected. 2: "I guess these Yanks will get their eye-teeth drawn if they don't look sharp." - W. Hepworth Dixon: New America, vol. i. 3: Eye-teeth The canine teeth are so called because their fangs extend upwards nearly to the orbits of the eyes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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