pocketknife

Example Sentences

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Using the Florida law as an example, perhaps the suspect happens to be carrying a pocketknife.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2024

Ward searched through his pockets, pulling out two lighters, and told McWhorter he might have a pocketknife.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

Voepel told authorities she and Aldrich did not have any weapons aside from Aldrich’s folding pocketknife.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Diatomite is really strange stuff—you can cut it with a pocketknife or a spade or a chainsaw.

From Scientific American • Sep. 13, 2022

I run my finger over the words Mia and Jenna’s Log, Keep Away, which we carved into the soft bark a few summers ago using my father’s pocketknife.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass