Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Ivories

Teeth; dice.

To show one's ivories.
To display one's teeth. To wash one's ivories. To rinse the mouth; to drink.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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