Geoffrey Chaucer — "She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye. / Gat-tothed was she, soothly for to …"
She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye. / Gat-tothed was she, soothly for to seye.
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General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Wife of Bath's extensive travels and her 'gat-tothed' (gap-toothed) appearance, which was considered a sign of being lustful and bold, making it a 'weird' physical detail with symbolic weight.
Date: c. 1387-1400
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