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Definition of Chopstick
1. Noun. One of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with.
Definition of Chopstick
1. n. One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
Definition of Chopstick
1. Noun. A (single) particular East Asian eating utensil, used in pairs and held in the hand, the utensil is a stick, usually made of wood, of approximately 23cm (~10") in length. ¹
2. Noun. (ethnic slur) an Asian person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chopstick
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chopstick
Literary usage of Chopstick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sea and the Rod by Charles Thomas Paske, Frederick George Aflalo (1892)
"... —Average Weight—Theories as to their Dietary—Abundant rather than Gregarious—The
Baltic—Tackle: " Paternoster," chopstick, Leger—Behaviour when Hooked, ..."
2. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World: Being a by John George Wood (1883)
"This chopstick is always kept stationary. The second chopstick is held ...
In point of speed a spoon would be nothing compared with the chopstick. ner, ..."
3. Fishing by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1904)
"Two other tackles, the leger and chopstick, may also be used if so desired, ...
To throw a chopstick out and let it lie on the ground is to ignore its ..."
4. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1896)
"Her general operation is as follows : A chopstick and a silver pin are the only
instruments ... She brings the chopstick in contact with the diseased tooth, ..."
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