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

The old man was busily engaged in forming a model boat out of a piece of wood with a clasp knife.

From The Lifeboat by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The only tool possessed by the party was Phillips’ clasp knife, a serviceable instrument for many purposes, but no use for opening well-secured packing-cases.

From The Island Mystery by George A. Birmingham

I ran, opening a good, stout clasp knife that father had given me—or, if not "given" exactly, had seen me with, and not taken away from me.

From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Fred was busy with his clasp knife, cleaning the fish, and when Lester reached them, he had half a dozen speckled beauties ready for the frying pan.

From The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold by Spencer Davenport

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