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View definitions for pocketknife

pocketknife

noun as in pocket knife

noun as in Swiss Army knife

noun as in switchblade knife

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Example Sentences

It took heroin addiction a year and nine months to take me from my desk at a literary agency to hold ups with a pocketknife.

He then allegedly grabbed a pocketknife and told her he would “execute your kids” if she called the police.

His pocketknife was a serviceable one and he had plenty of physical strength.

With his pocketknife Kilmeny cut the string that tied the sack.

He opened his pocketknife and thrust it between the twelfth and thirteenth stones.

Feldman operated with a pocketknife sterilized in a bottle of expensive Scotch and only anodyne tablets in place of anesthesia.

There are a few little gifts,—a pocketknife and a kitchen set of knife, fork, and can-opener for Olson.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pocketknife, such as: flick knife, penknife, swiss army knife, and switchblade.

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

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