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flick-knife

or flick knife

[flik-nahyf]
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noun Chiefly British.
  1. switchblade.
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Origin of flick-knife

First recorded in 1955–60
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British Dictionary definitions for flick knife

flick knife

noun
  1. a knife with a retractable blade that springs out when a button is pressedUS and Canadian word: switchblade
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