1894 Brewer’s / W / Wisdom-tooth
The popular name for the third molar in each jaw. Wisdomteeth appear between 17 and 25.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.