penknife

Example Sentences

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The mother-of-pearl penknife inscribed with "Winston L S Churchill" is thought to have been used by Britain's wartime leader to trim the end of his cigars.

From BBC

The 13-year-old was stabbed more than 60 times with a penknife and nearly decapitated.

From Fox News

He told another pupil he wanted to stab the teacher and showed the girl an open bottle of whisky and a penknife.

From BBC

In this sense a penknife is no different from some very complicated factory machine.

From The New Yorker

It found schoolchildren involved in incidents with many different types of bladed weapon, including lock knives, penknives, craft knives and garden shears.

From BBC