wooden tongue
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wooden tongue
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Example Sentences
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"Some were friendly, others lacked bedside manners, one even came and inspected me with a wooden tongue depressor," Rhiannon explained.
From BBC ● May 16, 2023
Also special: space, wooden tongue depressor, lovely shades of teal throughout, tiny planet the perfect size for Courtney Barnett.
From The Verge ● Mar. 16, 2018
The researchers selected four pairs of "odiferous substances" and coated 15 cm circles of clean, demarcated ground area with these substances using a sterile wooden tongue depressor.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2011
Just as Dustfinger always carried the means of lighting a fire, she always had a number of things with her: candle stumps, a few pebbles, some paper, and a pencil—her wooden tongue, she called it.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
He hammered at the resilient air, while the sweat ran down his face, he braced his feet upon the wooden tongue, and sought to stay his forward progress.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry
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