clasp knife

noun

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

Example Sentences

Ross immediately seized a clasp-knife that lay on the table, and cut his mistresss throat in a most dreadful manner.

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“You seem to have forgotten me, friends,” said the middy in English, pulling a clasp-knife out of his pocket.

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Under, the body was found a clasp-knife, almost covered with blood, and a poker in a similar condition.

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On searching Clayton, a large clasp knife and a bad dollar were found.

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Bramsen sat without moving for a while, then took out his clasp-knife and began whittling at a splinter of wood.

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