He saw on the table a tumbler with a little water in it, and with two
false teeth in the water.
Looking closer, he perceived a thin little plate of gold, with three
false teeth attached to it, which had apparently dropped out (loosened by the shock) when the manager let the head fall on the floor.
Smiling and showing her
false teeth, she greeted him as an old friend.
"No, but imagine the old Countess Zubova, with false curls and her mouth full of
false teeth, as if she were trying to cheat old age....
He put it in his trousers pocket when he went to bed, together with his
false teeth, of which he had two beautiful sets that, my own being none of the best, have often caused me to break the tenth commandment.
Her employer, a grey old man with
false teeth and a thin grey mustache that drooped down over his mouth, was not given to conversation, and sometimes, on rainy days and in the winter when a storm raged in Main Street, long hours passed when no customers came in.
A dead cucumber-vine dangled from the porch like the crape streamer tied to the door for a death, and the thought flashed through Ethan's brain: "If it was there for Zeena-" Then he had a distinct sight of his wife lying in their bedroom asleep, her mouth slightly open, her
false teeth in a tumbler by the bed...
"Get me some
false teeth, shingle the house, and buy a new wagon.
Rebecca laughed in all companies at that officer, at his toupee (which he mounted on coming to Paris), at his waistband, at his
false teeth, at his pretensions to be a lady- killer above all, and his absurd vanity in fancying every woman whom he came near was in love with him.
In short, with his political Hephaestion the minister might dare to be himself; to take off his wig and his
false teeth, lay aside his scruples, put on his slippers, unbutton his conscience, and give way to his trickery.
If a customer wished to renew his stock of youth the dealers offered him a set of
false teeth and an auburn wig; if he demanded peace of mind, they recommended opium or a brandy bottle.
The husband was a teetotaler, there was no other woman, and the conduct complained of was that he had drifted into the habit of winding up every meal by taking out his
false teeth and hurling them at his wife, which, you will allow, is not an action likely to occur to the imagination of the average story-teller.
