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Arkansas toothpick

American  

noun

Slang.

  1. a bowie knife or similar sharp knifelike implement.

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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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