Arkansas toothpick
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He called this pleasant instrument an Arkansas toothpick.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 by Various
Straightway leaped the valiant Slingsby Into armour of Seville, With a strong Arkansas toothpick Screwed in every joint of steel. p.
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Doyle, Richard
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