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penknife
/ ˈɛˌԲɪ /
noun
- a small knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle; pocketknife
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of penknife1
Example Sentences
The surgeon in the penknife case, who the BBC is not naming, was operating on a patient at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton when he struggled to find a scalpel.
He managed to tear a flat strip of wood from a nearby log and with his pearl-handled penknife whittled a shapely handle.
In others, he utilized a metal comb, or a penknife’s back, or a razor’s edge.
And their behavior made them notorious, as when Capote threw himself a lavish masquerade party, the Black and White Ball, or when Mailer almost killed his wife by stabbing her with a penknife.
The creature flapped and struggled, but Doc held it fast and made a little cut on its back with a penknife.
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