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

Near the foot of the knoll he happened across still further evidence of Billy's wandering activity in the shape of an ivory-handled clasp knife of five-inch blade.

From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward

The man found a crevice in the rock basin, scraped deeply into it with a clasp knife.

From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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 Birmingham, George A.