discolor, stubby molar, as a souvenir, sink one's teeth into, plunk, discolored

Europe talks about it. The US just does it.

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Comment: Where America has Fangs, Europe just has stubby molars

Hubris, meet nemesis.

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John Lennon's tooth sells for more than $31,000 at auction

By the CNN Wire Staff

November 5, 2011 -- Updated 2345 GMT (0745 HKT)

The winning bid for John Lennon's tooth came in at $31,200, according to auction results posted online.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• A Canadian dentist says he is responsible for the winning bid
• Lennon gave the tooth to his housekeeper after he had it removed
• The tooth is too fragile to conduct a DNA test

(CNN) -- The tooth fairy's trash became another man's treasure Saturday when a discolored molar that once belonged to John Lennon was put up for auction.
The winning bid came in at 19,500 pounds (U.S. $31,200), according to auction results posted online.
Michael Zuk, a Canadian dentist, is claiming responsibility for the winning bid. Omega Auction House, which sold the tooth, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday.
Lennon gave the tooth to Dorothy "Dot" Jarlett when she worked as his housekeeper at his Kenwood home in Weybridge, Surrey, according to her son, Barry. Jarlett, who was employed between 1964 and 1968, developed a warm relationship with Lennon, her son said.
"She was very close with John, and one day whilst chatting in the kitchen, John gave my mother the tooth (he had been to the dentist to have it removed that day) and suggested giving it to my sister as a souvenir, as she was a huge Beatles fan," he said. "It has been in the family ever since."
With the exception of the past two years, the tooth has been in Canada for 40 years after Dot Jarlett's daughter married a Canadian.
Barry Jarlett, who said his mother is now 90 years old, said it was the right time to pass it on rather than to risk the tooth getting lost.
Karen Fairweather, the owner of Omega Auction House, told CNN last month that the tooth is too fragile for DNA testing but she has no doubt about its authenticity.
"Because it's coming directly from Dot, we don't doubt the provenance of the item," she said.
Some fans will sink their teeth into anything if they feel it's worth plunking down thousands to get closer their idols. A clump of hair believed to have been trimmed from Elvis Presley's head when he joined the Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 in 2009 at Chicago's Leslie Hindman auctioneers.
Jarlett said Lennon gave his family many gifts over the years. He plans to keep a leather wallet, and his mother still has a pearl necklace Lennon gave her when he returned from Japan.


sink one's teeth into
Also, get one's teeth into. Become fully engaged in, as in He couldn't wait to sink his teeth into that problem. This metaphoric expression alludes to an animal biting vigorously into its prey. [Early 1900s]

stubby

ˈstʌbi/

adjective

1. 1.

   short and thick.

   "Bob pointed with a stubby finger"

   synonyms:

   dumpy, stocky, chunky, chubby, thickset, sturdy, heavyset, squat,solid; More

noun

AUSTRALIAN/NZinformal

1. 1.

   a squat bottle of beer normally holding 375 cl.
2. 2.

   trademark

   a pair of men's brief shorts.

molar[mo・lar¹]

• 発音記号[móulər]

[名]臼歯(きゅうし).

━━[形]

1 〈歯などが〉かみ砕くのに適した

molar teeth
臼歯.

2 臼歯の.

plunk

(plŭngk) also plonk (plŏngk, plŭngk)

v., plunked, also plonked, plunk·ing, plonk·ing, plunks, plonks. v.tr.

1. To throw or place heavily or abruptly: plunked the money down on the counter.
2. To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

v.intr.

1. To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.
2. To emit a hollow twanging sound.

n.

1. Informal. A heavy blow or stroke.
2. A short hollow twanging sound.

adv. Informal

1. With a short hollow thud.
2. Exactly; precisely: The dart landed plunk in the center of the target.

[Imitative.]

plunker plunk'er n.
plunky plunk'y adj.