Definitions for toothpicks
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1. toothpicks

   A toothpick is a small thin stick of wood, plastic, bamboo, metal, bone or other substance with at least one and sometimes two pointed ends to insert between teeth to remove detritus, usually after a meal. Toothpicks are also used for festive occasions to hold or spear small appetizers (like cheese cubes or olives) or as a cocktail stick, and can be decorated with plastic frills or small paper umbrellas or flags.

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1. Toothpicks

   A nickname borne by the people of Arkansas on account of the Bowie Knives carried by the early settlers.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of toothpicks in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of toothpicks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of toothpicks in a Sentence

1. Roberto Ciambetti:

   Tens of thousands of tall trees were felled like toothpicks.

2. Mika Kitagawa:

   The [ Earbuds ] design is a bit strange to me, like big white buttons in your ears. But AirPods are funny-looking in my opinion — big toothpicks sticking out from your ears.

3. Mayor Louie Trujillo:

   There are large portions of the watershed you can see that are completely burned. It looks like burnt toothpicks sticking out of the ground for acres and acres, with the soil instability, during a heavy rain event it would be like putting water on a bunch of baby powder where it doesn't absorb at all ; it just falls. We hope to beat the monsoon season, doing some of the interventions we're going to have to do along the watershed.

4. George Carlin:

   I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

5. Las Vegas:

   There are large portions of the watershed you can see that are completely burned. It looks like burnt toothpicks sticking out of the ground for acres and acres, with the soil instability, during a heavy rain event it would be like putting water on a bunch of baby powder where it doesn't absorb at all ; it just falls.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothpicks
2. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=toothpicks