"Texas toothpick" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992, Doyle Trent, Rawhide Ransom, →ISBN, page 65:",
          "text": "This is gonna be like bleedin' a steer. Turn around, mister, or I'll stick this Texas toothpick in your eyes, one at a time.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1993, Jake Logan, Revenge at Devils Tower, →ISBN, page 27:",
          "text": "I got a telegram from over in Ellsworth that he has a fondness for slicing men up with that Texas toothpick of his.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2003, Ed Fowler, Ed Fowler's Knife Talk II: The High Performance Blade, →ISBN, page 49:",
          "text": "Bob was the only man the author ever knew to carry a mint-condition fishing knife—not unlike this Case Classic Texas toothpick—into the Wyoming high country and use it on brook trout.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Wayne Goddard, Building the Everyday Work Knife, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I brought it home and sawed off enough pieces for a matching bowie and Texas toothpick set I was making.",
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        "A knife with a long narrow blade, especially one that is a folding knife."
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        "(informal) A knife with a long narrow blade, especially one that is a folding knife."
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          "ref": "2011, Joanne O'Sullivan, Book of Superstitious Stuff, →ISBN:",
          "text": "New Orleans gamblers are said to use the bones (also called coon dogs and Texas toothpicks) for luck.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Ann Downer, The Animal Mating Game, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In the southern United States, the baculums of raccoons— nicknamed Texas toothpicks—are considered signs of luck and fertility.",
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        "A raccoon baculum, carried as a lucky charm."
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        "(informal) A raccoon baculum, carried as a lucky charm."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992, Doyle Trent, Rawhide Ransom, →ISBN, page 65:",
          "text": "This is gonna be like bleedin' a steer. Turn around, mister, or I'll stick this Texas toothpick in your eyes, one at a time.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Jake Logan, Revenge at Devils Tower, →ISBN, page 27:",
          "text": "I got a telegram from over in Ellsworth that he has a fondness for slicing men up with that Texas toothpick of his.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Ed Fowler, Ed Fowler's Knife Talk II: The High Performance Blade, →ISBN, page 49:",
          "text": "Bob was the only man the author ever knew to carry a mint-condition fishing knife—not unlike this Case Classic Texas toothpick—into the Wyoming high country and use it on brook trout.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Wayne Goddard, Building the Everyday Work Knife, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I brought it home and sawed off enough pieces for a matching bowie and Texas toothpick set I was making.",
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        }
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          "text": "New Orleans gamblers are said to use the bones (also called coon dogs and Texas toothpicks) for luck.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Ann Downer, The Animal Mating Game, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In the southern United States, the baculums of raccoons— nicknamed Texas toothpicks—are considered signs of luck and fertility.",
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        "(informal) A raccoon baculum, carried as a lucky charm."
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