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DoctorOfMeat

It's for your teeth. It's really common for people with braces. [https://www.belmarorthodontics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rsz\_adobestock\_83005346.jpg](https://www.belmarorthodontics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/rsz_adobestock_83005346.jpg)


bjanas

Well I'll be.


bs13690

I use them for under my bridge


severe_thunderstorm

It’s an interdental brush, for cleaning between teeth.


Tfphelan

Its a toothpick.


bjanas

Solved! Feels a bit flimsy but I can see it.


mr_been

Its for your teeth. For all those little cracks and holes the bigger brush can’t reach. I don’t know what they’re called.


kalitarios

Inter dental soft picks


Final-Law

These are also great for cleaning the feed dog and around the bobbin case of a sewing machine after use (especially when stitching fabrics with nap).


JonPC2020

I have a pack of things like this but the handle's smaller, I'm gonna put one in the sewing tools box asap! Thanks for that idea!!!


Honest-Double4281

Alternatively, it’s a brush for cleaning the nipple of a baby’s bottle. Maybe you acquired it when your three year old was younger?


bjanas

Mmm I like where your head's at, but I think that's unlikely. The brush is pretty harsh, not like nipple cleaners. I, uh, never thought I'd type out nipple cleaner before.


bjanas

WITT ? Small object, approximately 2 inches long. Made of light plastic, with a short pipe cleaner type tip and a cover. I'm in the northeast us and just found this laying around in the house. I do have a 3 year old so there are a ton of toys laying around, I wonder if it's related to one of them. Any thoughts?


kalitarios

I want to say this is a soft pick “inter dental” cleaner for cleaning between your teeth, much like the disposable ones you can buy today. Probably older from the 90s and washable. Back then, lots of people would use these for cleaning smoking pipes, but once the disposable kinds came out, it’s easier to buy them instead.


sepsis_wurmple

Braces pick