Dull Knife

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noun

Tah-me-la-pash-me, died 1883, leader of the Northern Cheyenne.

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How to use Dull Knife in a sentence

According to Mack, he nearly killed her, broke 18 of her bones and, “sawed much of my hair off with [a] dull knife.”
The MMA Fighters Have Gone Crazy: ‘Mayhem’ Miller the Latest in a Long Line of Psycho Pugilists|Robert Silverman|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Never try to cut birch bark, tar paper, or patent roofing with a dull knife.
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties|D.C. Beard
What Bean wished at the moment was to have Breede tied to a stake, and to be carving choice morsels from him with a dull knife.
Bunker Bean|Harry Leon Wilson
Later, when he had begun to doubt that she was all-human, her physical charms still went inside him and turned like a dull knife.
Shock Treatment|Stanley Mullen

Place a dull knife on the underside and press the quill hard enough to make a sharp dent.
Make Your Own Hats|Gene Allen Martin
They gouge a mate with a dull knife, or beat his head in with an iron pot, and then sit down and wait for the police.
The People of the Abyss|Jack London