penknife
Example Sentences
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Gather up cardboard, penknife, paste, and calico scraps, and make a dollhouse bed with your kids this holiday week.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018
I tied a small silver penknife in the shape of a fish onto the laces of my Dr. Martens.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 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
Then he pulled a penknife from his pocket and cut a large piece out of the embroidered fabric.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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