pocketknife
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When he saw that Phillips was putting away a pocketknife, he said, he felt betrayed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Ward searched through his pockets, pulling out two lighters, and told McWhorter he might have a pocketknife.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
Tamariz showed him a trick: a color-changing pocketknife.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
Diatomite is really strange stuff—you can cut it with a pocketknife or a spade or a chainsaw.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2022
Samuel scraped the edge of the blade with his pocketknife and inspected the scrapings in the palm of his hand.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Or, they exempted pocketknives, Bea said — meaning, in his estimation, that they would not justify a modern ban on a butterfly knife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
My colleague developed a technique of cutting blocks with his chainsaw, and then the rest of us would sit around with our field pocketknives and split them.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 13, 2022
There are hoodies, sneakers, and off-the-wall branded goods, from pocketknives to fire extinguishers.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 28, 2016
The site also sells ties, T-shirts and pocketknives.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2013
From our outpost behind the privy we could see Lester and Lloyd and Flopears standing around in the yard, throwing their pocketknives at the ground.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
