Arkansas toothpick

noun

A Bowie knife.

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Meanings

nounArkansas toothpick (plural Arkansas toothpicks)

plural Arkansas toothpicks

  1. informalA Bowie knife.

    Fargo came up with the Arkansas toothpick in his hand.

    1999, Jon Sharpe, Chimney Rock Burial
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    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

    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
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APA

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Chicago

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