clasp knife

British  

noun

1. a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle

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clasp knife

A lover and highly successful practitioner of romantic balladry, Chesterton carried a sword cane and a 14-in. clasp knife under his flowing cape.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then with a huge clasp knife he opened a can of tomatoes, raised it to his lips and drained the contents.

From Janet of the Dunes by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock

There was also a locker in the stern-sheets which was locked, and on David prising it open with his clasp knife, it was found to contain some fishing-line and hooks.

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

“Stay, I may have to cut the cable,” he observed, putting his clasp knife between his teeth.

From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by T. Hoggans

On this he put into his hand a handsome clasp knife, adding some gold pieces, with which the chief seemed highly pleased.

From The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific by William Henry Giles Kingston