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penknife

[pen-nahyf] / ˈpɛnˌnaɪf /


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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

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

I bought my girlfriend a penknife for Christmas.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2017

Hooper had got his penknife out and was digging his initials into a slab of stone.

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