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What is "pocket knife"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pocket knife
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After some thought, I was able to cut the rope near the stern with my pocket knife lashed to a paddle.
▪ Cokley managed to remove a small pocket knife from his pocket and cut Deering on the leg.
▪ Me, I like to carry a pocket knife.
▪ Where the water dripped on to my dirt floor, I scraped a trench with my pocket knife to let it drain out.
Wiktionary
pocket knife

n. (alternative spelling of pocketknife English)

WordNet
pocket knife

n. a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket [syn: pocketknife]

Usage examples of "pocket knife".

Tommy takes one of them and, with his pocket knife, rips the seam on one side and also the bottom of the sack open.

And Vernon Hatinger was standing across the street paring his fingernails with his pocket knife and grinning.

So she accepted the cannister Jess tipped into her hand, worked the tape free with the help of her pocket knife, and pulled out a much-folded and rolled but well-preserved piece of paper, printed on both sides in various fonts and then covered with clear packing tape in crude lamination.

He took out his pocket knife and, with the tip, tried to pry off the two metal pieces.

He would wound six or seven, shooting from a prone position, then stand and walk over to the nests and finish them with his pocket knife.

Dammit, he didn't have any weapons with him, not even a pocket knife, and those construction workers would all be carrying heavy tools.

He unfolded his pocket knife and slit the heavy paper to reveal a plastic container of white powder.

And when he saw the headline in the paper the next day (MISSING BOY PROMPTS NEW FEARS), he thought about the pocket knife he had thrown into the Canal - the pocket knife with the initials EC scratched on the side.