Toothpick
['tuːθpɪk] or ['tuθpɪk]
Definition
(noun.) pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth.
Checker: Stella--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
Checker: Melanie
Examples
- There was another old woman watching by the bed; the parish apothecary's apprentice was standing by the fire, making a toothpick out of a quill. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If she lasts a couple of hours, I shall be surprised,' said the apothecary's apprentice, intent upon the toothpick's point. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her knitting was before her, but she had laid it down to pick her teeth with a toothpick. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In one of these excursive glances she perceived among a group of young men, the very he, who had given them a lecture on toothpick-cases at Gray's. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- To cleanse use well-made brushes, soft quill, or wood toothpicks, an antacid styptic tooth wash, and precipitated chalk. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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