penknife
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“Hold me back, hold me back,” yelled Nats pitching coach Jim Hickey, imitating Girardi’s lame attempt to act like a 56-year-old man anxious to duel with a penknife.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021
The police tapes showed Mr Beech produce a penknife, which he claimed was the one given to him by Mr Proctor.
From BBC • May 23, 2019
Gather up cardboard, penknife, paste, and calico scraps, and make a dollhouse bed with your kids this holiday week.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018
In one meeting with MCA’s lawyers, Petty’s manager later said, Petty “had a penknife that he got out, opened the penknife and started cleaning his nails.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2017
Digory’s hand was shaking as he opened his penknife and cut out a long strip of turf on the bank of the pool.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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