unbrushable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ brushable

Adjective[edit]

unbrushable (comparative more unbrushable, superlative most unbrushable)

  1. Not brushable.
    • 1880, Sir Stephen Bartlet Lakeman, What I Saw in Kaffir-land, page 134:
      My pluckly little friend Dash was (considering his small offensive powers) the bravest of the brave; for his winning way of bringing stones or anything else he could pick up to you, whenever he wanted a caress, or some little tit-bit to eat, had completely ground down his teeth to an unbrushable size.