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 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 Walter Runciman

“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

Ginty drew a plug of black tobacco from his pocket, and began cutting shreds from it with a clasp knife.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by George A. Birmingham

Taking a bone-handled clasp knife from his pocket, he carefully cut the ropes wound about her.

From The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp by Katherine Stokes