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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.

Etymology and Origins

  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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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. 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?

  2. Douglas William Jerrold:

    He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing, but a supply of toothpicks.

  3. Chris Stoikos:

    My beard houses items when my pockets are full, these items include spare change, toothpicks and raw black olives. My beard also goes by the name of Grizz.

  4. Christy Brigham:

    There were no seedlings. There were no needles. There were hardly any cones. Everything had been incinerated -- the entire canopies. It was a field of the world's largest burned up toothpicks.

  5. Roberto Ciambetti:

    Tens of thousands of tall trees were felled like toothpicks.

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