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penknife

[ UK /pˈɛnna‍ɪf/ ]
NOUN
  1. a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens

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  • After being trapped there for six days, he cut off his own arm with a penknife, rappelled down a 20 meter wall and hiked eight miles down the canyon before finally encountering a family who gave him food and water. Danny Boyle Hires Two Cinematographers; Talks about Dialogue for 127 HOURS – Collider.com
  • Of the two kinds of jade, jadeite and nephrite, the former is harder than the latter and cannot be scratched with a penknife blade.
  • Bird took a penknife from his waistcoat pocket and opened it. A SEASON IN HELL
  • She went on ..."He had a penknife with a spike for getting stones from a horse's hoof, and I helped him to carve my initials.
  • The break-in hadn't required anything more than a penknife. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
  • Uwantit (Combined pocket twoblade penknife with corkscrew, nailfile and pipecleaner). Ulysses
  • The common window latch can be opened from the outside with a butter knife and just five seconds; the screens require a penknife and an additional five seconds.
  • Taking a penknife from his combat belt he flicked out the knife and prised out the device.
  • A sharp implement (a penknife or small screwdriver blade) driven into the timber would have had little resistance on entry or removal.
  • But they also fell victim to more exotic problems: one man suffered "a smart pain in walking", undoubtedly caused by the 19 penknives and one penknife case he proved to have swallowed. Amputations, acid gargles and ammonia rubs: Royal Navy surgeons' 1793-1880 journals revealed
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