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California toothpick

California toothpick noun: a Bowie knife.

Noun

California toothpick (plural California toothpicks)

  1. (obsolete) A Bowie knife.
    • the latter a most formidable weapon, only inferior in size and weight to the modern "California toothpick."1856, W.G. Simms, Eutaw, page 142
    • Men cut each other with "California toothpicks" (bowie knives). Mosquitoes swarmed in the hot evenings.1942, Richard Gordon Lillard, Desert Challenge, page 142

Synonyms of California toothpick

Forms of California toothpick

pluralCalifornia toothpicks

Questions about California toothpick

What does California toothpick mean?
California toothpick means a Bowie knife.
What part of speech is California toothpick?
California toothpick is a noun.
What is the plural of California toothpick?
The plural of California toothpick is California toothpicks.

Words near California toothpick in the dictionary

  1. California State
  2. California stop
  3. California stops
  4. California sycamore
  5. California sycamores
  6. California toothpick
  7. California toothpicks
  8. California valley fever
  9. California valley quail
  10. California woodpecker
  11. California woodpeckers

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