subs. (popular).—1.  The teeth. For synonyms, see GRINDERS.

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  1823.  W. T. MONCRIEFF, Tom and Jerry, ii., 6. Mr. J. Sluice your DOMINOS—vill you? Green. Vot! I never plays at dominos—It’s too wulgar. Mr. J. Vy, then vash your ivories? Green. I’ve got no hiveries to vash. Mr. J. Drink, vill you? don’t you understand Hinglish?

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  1856.  H. MAYHEW, The Great World of London, p. 6, note. Fanciful metaphors contribute largely to the formation of slang. It is upon this principle that the mouth has come to be styled the ‘tater-trap’; the teeth, ‘DOMINOES.’

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  1864.  E. D. FORGUES, in Revue des deux Mondes, 15 Sept., p. 470. Le mot ‘dents’ est remplacé par celui de ‘DOMINOS’ aussi bien sur les bords de la Tamise que sur ceux de la Seine.

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  2.  (colloquial).—The keys of a piano.

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  TO SLUICE ONE’S DOMINOES, verb. phr. (common).—To drink.—See quot., 1823 ante.

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