African toothache

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Noun

African toothache (plural African toothaches)

  1. (dated slang) A sexually transmitted disease.
    • 1949, John O'Hara, A Rage to Live, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 193:
      How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one?