California toothpickとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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California toothpick (plural California toothpicks)

1. (obsolete) A Bowie knife.

   Synonym: Missouri toothpick (obsolete)

   • 1856, W.G. Simms, Eutaw, page 142:

     the latter a most formidable weapon, only inferior in size and weight to the modern "California toothpick."

   • 1942, Richard Gordon Lillard, Desert Challenge, page 142:

     Men cut each other with "California toothpicks" (bowie knives). Mosquitoes swarmed in the hot evenings.

   • 1967, Theressa Gay, James W. Marshall, The Discoverer of California Gold, A Biography, page 216:

     Provisions to last a year or more were put on board, together with all sorts of mining equipment - spades, shovels, picks, the newest and best in gold washing machines, fire kindlers, life preservers, pails for collecting gold, California soap to wash gold, California gold sifters, California toothpicks.