give an eye-tooth
English
Verb
give an eye-tooth (third-person singular simple present gives an eye-tooth, present participle giving an eye-tooth, simple past gave an eye-tooth, past participle given an eye-tooth)
- Alternative form of give one's eye-teeth
- c. 1639 published 1655, James Shirley, The Politician, act 1, scene 1, from The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley, page 94:
- How his frown
Hath scatter'd them like leaves! they fly from him
As nimbly as their bodies had no more weight
Than their petitions. I would give an eye-tooth,
To read but three lines.
- How his frown
- c. 1639 published 1655, James Shirley, The Politician, act 1, scene 1, from The dramatic works and poems of James Shirley, page 94:
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