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boning knife

American  

noun

  1. a small kitchen knife having a narrow blade for boning meat or fish.


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You don't want a boning knife or a knife with a curved blade because you want to have as much contact as possible with your board in order to get the job done.

From Salon May 31, 2022

With Leslie in the hospital, George now oversees a free-range brood of bright, curious, physically brave kids who are as comfortable with a boning knife as they are reading “Middlemarch” while wearing a gas mask.

From Washington Post Jul. 14, 2016

Where much boning is done a small boning knife, costing about seventy- five cents, will be necessary; It should be used only for this purpose.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria

Use a French boning knife, five inches in length and sharp at the point.

From Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of all Classes by Clayton, H. J.

Using a small, sharp boning knife, cut off tail.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

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