Meaning of toothpicky | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of a toothpick.

Examples

“Looking at the toothpicky TV antennas which stuck up everywhere at odd angles, Daphne remembered more things.”

““I can’t promise⟳ that I won’t dash outside during the storm, though,” I said. “A cold rain⟳ sounds like⟳ heaven right about now.” / “Absolutely not,” Nanny declared. “With all these hills and those toothpicky pine trees that’ll tip⟳ over you if you so much as blow⟳ on ’em? You will stay⟳ inside with me.[…]””

“I was looking straight at the eardrum, and it was much more complicated. The top third was thin and pinkish; the rest⟳ was thicker and grayer, with a toothpicky bone down the middle.”

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