penknife

Example Sentences

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My dad marked the man’s gun by carving his initials with a penknife on the handle.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2021

Gather up cardboard, penknife, paste, and calico scraps, and make a dollhouse bed with your kids this holiday week.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018

In one meeting with MCA’s lawyers, Petty’s manager later said, Petty “had a penknife that he got out, opened the penknife and started cleaning his nails.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2017

I bought my girlfriend a penknife for Christmas.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2017

Tanin toyed with a silver penknife, twirling it impatiently between her fingers.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee