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Historical and popular culture references

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote of the " gap-toothed wife of Bath ". As early as this time period, the gap between the front teeth, especially in women, was associated with lustful characteristics. Thus, the implication in describing "the gap-toothed wife of Bath" is that she is a middle-aged woman with insatiable lust.