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Originally Posted by gmw
In some dialogue I was writing I had the person say "Blacky had falsies". The context of the dialogue makes it quite clear that I'm talking about teeth, but while checking the spelling of "falsies" I see that most of the dictionaries list "falsies" and meaning a "padded brassiere".[...]
(Obviously I could say dentures, but it's rather more formal/technical sounding that this character would normally use.)
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I'm Australian and wouldn't use "falsies" for teeth - my first thought, reading that, would be a padded bra. If you don't want to say "dentures", why not just "false teeth"?