picktooth

English

Etymology

From pick +‎ tooth.

Noun

picktooth (plural picktooths)

1. (obsolete) A toothpick.
   • 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:

     […] where did you get that Pick-Tooth Caſe?

References

• “picktooth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• toothpick