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Noun: tooth fairy
  1. A fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out
    "Many children eagerly await visits from the tooth fairy"

Derived forms: tooth fairies

Type of: faerie, faery, fairy, fay [archaic], sprite

Encyclopedia: Tooth fairy