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Texas toothpicks en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Slivers of onion and jalapeño, coated in batter and fried.
    • Do you want an appetizer? They have great Texas toothpicks. 2005, Jane Myers Perrine, The Path to Love, →ISBN, page 179:
    • Starters (all $2.95) include fried okra, corn nuggets, and Texas toothpicks (onion and jalapeño straws). 2011, Sylvie Hogg Murphy, Food Lovers' Guide to® Kansas City, →ISBN:
    • Serve the chili hot in wide bowls, along with suitable go-withs, including beans, chopped onions, scallions, tomatoes, rice, pasta, Texas toothpicks (slivers of jalapeño peppers), sliced jícama, sour cream, grated cheese, coleslaw, and so on, as discussed in chapter 18. 2013, A. D. Livingston, Chili: Recipes for a Bodacious Bowl of Red, →ISBN, page 22:
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of Texas toothpick.