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pocketknife

[ pok-it-nahyf ]

noun

plural pocketknives.
  1. a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.


pocketknife

/ ˈ±èÉ’°ìɪ³ÙËŒ²Ô²¹Éª´Ú /

noun

  1. a small knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle; penknife
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pocketknife1

First recorded in 1720–30; pocket + knife
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The other took Juan’s pocketknife and stabbed him in the leg, he said.

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As Mom signed me in to camp, I watched the kids stab at trees with pocketknives.

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He also placed his hand puppets on wall-mounted boxes and ordered his collection of daggers and pocketknives just so.

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One of the men, 22, of Maple Valley, punched her several times before taking out a pocketknife and repeatedly stabbing her, police said.

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“We were given a free pocketknife during our trainings, and I had that pocketknife on me, so I was able to cut her out of her seatbelt,†he said in a phone interview on Saturday.

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