Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small utensil having a pointed blade, flattened above the point, used for picking the meat of nuts from the shells.

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Examples

  • He drew a knife from his pocket and opened one of the blades, which was sharpened like a very large nut-pick.

    The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories Nicholas Carter

  • "I'll tell you what I hate," they will say with great relish, "when he takes that little nut-pick and begins to scrape. Ugh!"

    Love Conquers All Robert Benchley 1917

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

  • The larger stone - a double-sided nutter stone - was used as a multi-purpose stone and the smaller, the mono, was used a grinding rock and the nut-pick was used to retrieve the nuts out of the shells, Jody said.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

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