clasp knife

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

The shrewd eyes withdrew their gaze and fixed themselves on the dried buckflesh which was being finely sliced with the sharp blade of the clasp knife.

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills

Some one had relieved him of everything he possessed, down to his clasp knife and pocket handkerchief.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard

She fumbled in her pocket and placed in his hand a cheap two-bladed clasp knife.

From Sea Urchins by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

The average man believed in his tin pot, plate and pannikin, galvanized soup spoon and clasp knife; there were no second course articles recognized.

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter