pocketknife
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Using the Florida law as an example, perhaps the suspect happens to be carrying a pocketknife.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2024
When he saw that Phillips was putting away a pocketknife, he said, he felt betrayed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Ward searched through his pockets, pulling out two lighters, and told McWhorter he might have a pocketknife.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
Diatomite is really strange stuff—you can cut it with a pocketknife or a spade or a chainsaw.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2022
I had a dandy pocketknife, and a darn good dog; that was about all a boy could hope for in those days.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Or, they exempted pocketknives, Bea said — meaning, in his estimation, that they would not justify a modern ban on a butterfly knife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
My colleague developed a technique of cutting blocks with his chainsaw, and then the rest of us would sit around with our field pocketknives and split them.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2022
There are hoodies, sneakers, and off-the-wall branded goods, from pocketknives to fire extinguishers.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 28, 2016
Loop Fans may recall that the TSA formally backed off last week from its plan to allow pocketknives on airplanes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2013
They’d gone there with other kids and imagined they were hiding out, sharpening alder sticks with pocketknives to be used in their defense.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
