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Definition of Toothpicks
1. toothpick [n] - See also: toothpick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothpicks
Literary usage of Toothpicks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The use of wooden toothpicks has become very common in the United States and many
millions of the tiny wooden slivers are manufactured there every year. ..."
2. A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860 by John Timbs (1864)
"INTRODUCTION OF toothpicks. Lord Clermont, at a dinner-party, told the company
that in the course of his reading he had found that Scipio first introduced ..."
3. Hints and Helps from Many School-rooms: Successful Plans and Devices by Caroline Stearns Griffin (1906)
"PEAS AND toothpicks OP the numerous forms of busy work I have found that the use
of peas and toothpicks is productive of as good results as any. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"There the bark is skinned and the naked trunk is cut by machinery into thin sheets
of wood of the thickness of toothpicks and as wide as a ..."
5. The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the Works of Art Bequeathed to the by Charles Hercules Read, Ferdinand Rothschild (1902)
"DESIGNS FOR toothpicks. By LE BLON. 189. OVAL WATCH in gold case pierced, enamelled,
and set with jewels, the back being of emerald glass. ..."
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