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Definition of Toothpick
1. Noun. Pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth.
Definition of Toothpick
1. n. A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
Definition of Toothpick
1. Noun. A small, usually wooden stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from the area between the teeth. ¹
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Definition of Toothpick
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothpick
Literary usage of Toothpick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"'WEARING A Toothpick.' ' Very poor eye—very poor. Take the glass.' I took the
glass, and presently said— 'I can't tell. I suppose that that bank is about a ..."
2. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1885)
"The seventeenth subject is this, that when they cut a toothpick ('^ilal), or a
splinter which they wish to apply to the root of the teeth, it is necessary ..."
3. Piccadilly to Pall Mall: Manners, Morals, and Man by Ralph Nevill, Charles Edward Jerningham (1909)
"... and Toothpick " was sung by Miss Nellie Farren in the early 'eighties to ridicule
... out at right angles, and had a toothpick always between the teeth. ..."
4. The Cambrian (1900)
""Toothpick" PLANTS. "Ammi visnaga," an umbelliferous plant, called the "toothpick
bishop- weed" on account of the use made in Spain of the rays or stalks of ..."
5. My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene (1897)
"... manager— Sir Augustus Harris in 1878—Sir Gordon Gumming—The " Crutch and
Toothpick Ball "—Purchase of " Carmen "—Production, Theatre Royal, Leicester, ..."
6. My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene (1897)
"... manager- Sir Augustus Harris in 1878—Sir Gordon Com- ming—The " Crutch and
Toothpick Ball "—Purchase of "Carmen"—Production, Theatre Royal, Leicester, ..."
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