chopstick

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Noun
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chop=stick

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chopstick has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chopstick, n. each of a pair of small thin sticks of wood or ivory etc., held both in one hand as eating utensils by the Chinese, Japanese, etc.

Etymology
pidgin Engl. f. chop = quick + STICK(1) equivalent of Cantonese k' w{acirc}i-tsze nimble ones

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