pocketknife
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Ward searched through his pockets, pulling out two lighters, and told McWhorter he might have a pocketknife.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 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
He had no criminal record and was carrying only a two-inch pocketknife at Twin Peaks.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
The dispatcher asked whether it was a pocketknife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
He unwrapped a small silver can and pulled a pocketknife from his pants.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
He also placed his hand puppets on wall-mounted boxes and ordered his collection of daggers and pocketknives just so.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
It’s got its cheese, its banks, its mountains, its neutrality, its watches, its pocketknives and its chocolate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 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
Chencho was keeping the fire alive by throwing another log in and poking at the base of it, but Juanita and Delia were carving away at branches with two small pocketknives from Velia’s tool belt.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
