penknife
Example Sentences
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The police tapes showed Mr Beech produce a penknife, which he claimed was the one given to him by Mr Proctor.
From BBC • May 23, 2019
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
Gruden is best served not publicly dissecting his quarterback; he learned that after taking apart Griffin’s game with a rusty penknife during one news conference last season.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2015
I did the best job I was able to do with a penknife.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.