penknife

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A surgeon at a crisis-hit NHS trust used a Swiss Army penknife to open up the chest of a patient because he claimed he could not find a sterile scalpel.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024

“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

Gather up cardboard, penknife, paste, and calico scraps, and make a dollhouse bed with your kids this holiday week.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018

I tied a small silver penknife in the shape of a fish onto the laces of my Dr. Martens.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2018

Besides the food, he packed a torch, and his penknife, some sticking plaster, a pair of socks and a ball of string.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill