fish knife
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noun
a small knife with a spatulalike blade, used with a fork in cutting fish at table.
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Origin of fish knife
1375–1425; late Middle English fishknif
Words nearby fish knife
fishing trip, fishing worm, fish in troubled waters, fish joint, fishkill, fish knife, fish ladder, fishline, fish louse, fish meal, fishmonger
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