fish knife

noun

1. a small knife with a spatulalike blade, used with a fork in cutting fish at table.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fish knife¹

1375–1425; late Middle English fishknif

Example Sentences

In what hidden universe do black people exist who can actually distinguish a fish knife from a shoe horn?

From The Daily Beast

"Skurcely," obsarved the stranger, and he drew a diamond-hilted fish-knife and cut orf the capting's hed.

From Project Gutenberg

On Lil's silken bosom reposed a diamond-and-platinum pin the size and general contour of a fish-knife.

From Project Gutenberg

Pieter brought another load of fish and another, and then set to work with a fish knife to help clean the catch and pack it.

From Project Gutenberg

But if you will have the truth: the fish-knife business by all means.

From Project Gutenberg

If there is fish, another extra fork, or else the appropriate little fish knife and fork, is demanded.

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