hammaspeikko.
A figure used to teach children to brush their teeth, lest it make holes in their teeth.
Meaning & usage
A figure used to teach children to brush their teeth, lest it make holes in their teeth.
Where this word comes from
hammas (“tooth”) + peikko (“troll”); literally, “tooth troll”. Calque of Norwegian tanntroll from a children book originally written in Bokmål, but the word itself predates the book.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.