give one's eye-teeth
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Your real sea-dog will give his eye-teeth for a glass of grog; it is a fact, that many a tooth has been drawn in exchange for rum."
- "Sandy Flash burst into a roaring laugh. “Him! Ah-ha! you think we go snacks, eh? Do I look like a fool? Barton'd give his eye-teeth to put the halter round my neck with his own hands! No, no, young man; I have ways and ways o' learnin' things that you nor him'll never guess.”"
Inflected Forms
gives one's eye-teeth (present, singular)
giving one's eye-teeth (participle, present)
gave one's eye-teeth (past)
given one's eye-teeth (participle, past)
give an eye-tooth (alternative)