fruit knife

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noun

a small knife, usually having a distinctive handle and a stainless steel blade with a sharp or serrated edge, used at table for paring and cutting fruit.

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Origin of fruit knife

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby fruit knife

fruitful, fruiting body, fruition, fruitive, fruit jar, fruit knife, fruitless, fruitlet, fruit machine, fruit ranch, fruit salad

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How to use fruit knife in a sentence

Armed with a three-inch fruit knife, he stabbed three staffers and killed a medical intern, then tried to kill himself.
Will US Health Care Follow in China’s Bloody Footsteps?|Daniela Drake|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If fruit is the first course, there should be at each place a fruit-plate with a doily, finger-bowl, and fruit-knife on it.
The Expert Maid-Servant|Cristine Terhune Herrick
Nutcrackers and a fruit-knife lay on our side of the stand, and Hewitt turned the stand to offer him the knife.
The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 41, May, 1894|Various
If a waitress serves, fruit knife and plate are placed first, and then the dish containing the fruit is passed.
How to Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration|Lillian B. Lansdown

It should always be served very cold, on a large fruit plate, and with fruit knife and fork.
How to Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration|Lillian B. Lansdown
Miss Skeat clutched her silver fruit-knife till her knuckles shone again, and she set her teeth.
Doctor Claudius, A True Story|F. Marion Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for fruit knife

fruit knife

noun

a small stainless knife for cutting fruit

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