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paper-knife

n. (alternative form of paperknife English)

Usage examples of "paper-knife".

In his panelled office at 6, Athelsgate in the City of London, as Sir Horace Malory picked up a silver paper-knife and slit the envelope, he found his hands were trembling .

The high-backed chair with arms at the far end was obviously me First Lord's, and the pile of paper, quill, silver paper-knife, inkwell and sandbox in front of it indicated he probably used the Board Room as his own office.

She sank into her chair again and began to play with a paper-knife that lay on the table at her elbow.