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tooth fairy
A mythical source of bounty, as in So who will finance this venture-the tooth fairy? This expression refers to the fairy credited with leaving money under a child's pillow in place of a baby tooth that has fallen out, a practice popular with American parents since the first half of the 1900s.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| 'Izevel | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Avgust | | AHV-goost (Russian), AHV-hoost (Ukrainian) | Slovene, Russian, Ukrainian |
| Anaitis | | - | Persian Mythology (Hellenized) |
| Paris (2) | | PER-is (English), PAR-is (English) | Various |
| Raf | | RAHF | Dutch |
| Elvin | | EL-vin | English |