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penknife

noun as in pocket knife

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Example Sentences

He stabbed her twice with a penknife, and one of the wounds was potentially fatal.

No you are not, he answered settling himself back in an easy position, and taking a penknife from his pocket to play with.

She was pruning a rose-bush with Bub's penknife, and when she heard him coming she wheeled, quivering.

On arriving at his house they found him rather unwell; he went about the room bent like a half-opened penknife.

I opened it with a penknife soaked in an antiseptic solution, and cleaned it thoroughly.

On the cover he had scratched an inscription with his penknife, "The Emperor to his little friend Julia."

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to penknife, such as: flick knife, pocketknife, swiss army knife, and switchblade.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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