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Arkansas toothpick en · NOUN
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(informal) A Bowie knife.
Fargo came up with the Arkansas toothpick in his hand.
1999, Jon Sharpe, Chimney Rock Burial:It glimmered in the sheen of an Arkansas toothpick and glowered in the shadows of a violent and reckless place.
2010, Brooks Blevins, Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State:Their weapon of choice would appear to be the Arkansas toothpick, the name given to a kind of Bowie knife.
2008, Henry Petroski, The Toothpick: Technology and Culture, page 192:
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