pocket knife

NOUN

knife with folding blade

Synonyms

WEAK

Swiss Army knife flick knife penknife pocketknife switchblade

Example Sentences

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He also denied possession of a pocket knife in a public place on Smithdown Road, Liverpool, on 8 August.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

Duane Garcia, a 75-year-old musician who told me he served in Vietnam as a Marine, carries a telescopic baton and a pocket knife at all times.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

Tom Mumford, an Everett attorney representing Valerie Egleston, Hemmingson’s wife, said the pocket knife was found under Hemmingson’s body, its blade folded.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Danylo wrapped the robotic fingers around a pocket knife.

From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022

I opened my pocket knife and moved to the creekside, where I cut a branch from a small willow tree, a Y-branch well tufted with leaves.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck