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'''Toothflossing Stringmints''' were a wizarding sweet sold at [[Honeydukes|Honeydukes Sweetshop]].<ref name="poa10">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 10 (''The Marauder's Map'')</ref> Described as "splintery,"<ref name="poa10" /> they were presumably mint-flavoured, and may have cleaned the teeth like dental floss. In [[1993]], [[Hermione Granger]] wagered they would be a good [[Christmas]] gift for her parents, both [[Muggle]] dentists.<ref name="poa10" />
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'''Toothflossing Stringmints''' were a wizarding sweet sold at [[Honeydukes|Honeydukes Sweetshop]].<ref name="poa10">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 10 (''The Marauder's Map'')</ref> Described as "splintery"<ref name="poa10"/>, they flossed the teeth when sucked on<ref name="BL">[http://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/books/glossary/t Bloomsbury Glossary: T]</ref>
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In [[December]] [[1993]], [[Hermione Granger]] wondered whilst visiting [[Hogsmeade]] whether these sweets would make good [[Christmas]] presents for her parents, both [[Muggle]] [[dentist]]s.<ref name="poa10" />
   
 
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Revision as of 17:45, 21 April 2015

Toothflossing Stringmints were a wizarding sweet sold at Honeydukes Sweetshop.[1] Described as "splintery"[1], they flossed the teeth when sucked on[2]

History

In December 1993, Hermione Granger wondered whilst visiting Hogsmeade whether these sweets would make good Christmas presents for her parents, both Muggle dentists.[1]

Appearances

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