pocketknife
Example Sentences
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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
Diatomite is really strange stuff—you can cut it with a pocketknife or a spade or a chainsaw.
From Scientific American • Sep. 13, 2022
Donovan used a pocketknife to free Reverte, then instructed him to get started.
From Slate • May 29, 2021
He’s trying to whittle something using a pocketknife.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
