picktooth

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English

Etymology

From pick +‎ tooth.

Noun

picktooth (plural picktooths)

(obsolete) A toothpick.
- 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue II”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, , London: B Motte , published 1738, →OCLC, page 185:
  […] where did you get that Pick-Tooth Caſe?

References

“picktooth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

toothpick

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