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

So he had been at work with the clasp knife again, and Henry inferred that the young renegade was worried and nervous or he would not have such uneasy hands.

From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Uncle Rufus drew out his clasp knife and opened the blade.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks

George cut the flowers with his great clasp knife, and Marie took them, carefully, treating their romance with great tenderness.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

A flat clasp knife and fork may be had extra.

From The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" by MacGregor, John