picktooth en · NOUN
Etymology
From pick + tooth.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A toothpick.
[…]where did you get that Pick-Tooth Caſe?
1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue II”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page 185:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| picktooths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |