dessert knife

American  

noun

1. a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.

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Etymology

Origin of dessert knife

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

According to Paraguayan authorities, Pinheiro then knocked Meza out before stabbing her 16 times with a dessert knife.

From The Guardian

Victoria toyed with a dessert knife.

From Project Gutenberg

“You see how it is,” said he to the young blonde, gesticulating with his dessert knife.

From Project Gutenberg

But the soldiers who, in lieu of a serviceable blade, found themselves in possession of a dessert knife may have taken a different view of the transaction.

From Project Gutenberg

“You were horrified at my attempting to clean out my pipe with a dessert knife.”

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