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

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

This was done by an instrument denominated a moccasin awl, which was made of the back spring of an old clasp knife.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday

He felt in his pockets; he could only find a few Chinese coins, a clasp knife, and a pencil-case—the latter being merely plated, and somewhat battered, was not very valuable.

From The Three Admirals by J.R. Wells

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