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dinner knife

American  

noun

  1. a knife used in eating the main course of a meal.


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A small boy appears, jimmies the flaps off with a dinner knife and instructs the man in how to make a paper airplane.

From New York Times Oct. 18, 2011

Sometimes a weapon is just a dinner knife.

From Time Mar. 13, 2011

As he smeared over the word with a dinner knife, Palmer thought about it.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

The poker did a part, the steel to sharpen the dinner knife did another part!”

From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard

He had a large loaf under his left arm, and in his right hand a dinner knife.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford

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