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Texas toothpick

Texas toothpick noun: a knife with a long narrow blade, especially one that is a folding knife.

Noun

Texas toothpick (plural Texas toothpicks)

  1. (informal) A knife with a long narrow blade, especially one that is a folding knife.
    • This is gonna be like bleedin' a steer. Turn around, mister, or I'll stick this Texas toothpick in your eyes, one at a time.1992, Doyle Trent, Rawhide Ransom, →ISBN, page 65
    • I got a telegram from over in Ellsworth that he has a fondness for slicing men up with that Texas toothpick of his.1993, Jake Logan, Revenge at Devils Tower, →ISBN, page 27
  2. (informal) A raccoon baculum, carried as a lucky charm.
    • New Orleans gamblers are said to use the bones (also called coon dogs and Texas toothpicks) for luck.2011, Joanne O'Sullivan, Book of Superstitious Stuff, →ISBN
    • In the southern United States, the baculums of raccoons— nicknamed Texas toothpicks—are considered signs of luck and fertility.2016, Ann Downer, The Animal Mating Game, →ISBN

Examples of Texas toothpick in a sentence

  • Bob was the only man the author ever knew to carry a mint-condition fishing knife—not unlike this Case Classic Texas toothpick—into the Wyoming high country and use it on brook trout.2003, Ed Fowler, Ed Fowler's Knife Talk II: The High Performance Blade, →ISBN, page 49:
  • I brought it home and sawed off enough pieces for a matching bowie and Texas toothpick set I was making.2012, Wayne Goddard, Building the Everyday Work Knife, →ISBN:

Forms of Texas toothpick

pluralTexas toothpicks

Questions about Texas toothpick

What does Texas toothpick mean?
Texas toothpick means a knife with a long narrow blade, especially one that is a folding knife.
How do you use Texas toothpick in a sentence?
Bob was the only man the author ever knew to carry a mint-condition fishing knife—not unlike this Case Classic Texas toothpick—into the Wyoming high country and use it on brook trout.
What part of speech is Texas toothpick?
Texas toothpick is a noun.
What is the plural of Texas toothpick?
The plural of Texas toothpick is Texas toothpicks.

Words near Texas toothpick in the dictionary

  1. Texas teas
  2. texas tender
  3. Texas toast
  4. Texas toasts
  5. Texas Tommy
  6. Texas toothpick
  7. Texas toothpicks
  8. Texas tower
  9. Texas towers
  10. Texas Triangle
  11. Texas trinity

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