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dinner knife

American  

noun

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


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Despite repeated requests, Burgess, who was a single leg amputee, did not drop the dinner knife.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

One dinner knife, if you object to using your pocket-knife.

From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Lina Beard

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