Definition of Toothpicks

1. Noun. (plural of toothpick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Toothpicks

1. toothpick [n] - See also: toothpick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothpicks

toothlessness
toothlet
toothleted
toothlets
toothlike
toothly
toothmug
toothmugs
toothpaste
toothpastes
toothpasty
toothpick
toothpicker
toothpickers
toothpicklike
toothpicks (current term)
toothpowder
toothpuller
toothpullers
tooths
toothshell
toothshells
toothsomely
toothsomeness
toothsomenesses
toothwort
toothworts
toothy
toothypegs

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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