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hunting knife

noun

a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.

hunting knife

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

His hunting knives and patches are sealed away in a glass case.

From Time

Nimble-finger never finished that bone-handled hunting knife.

With his usual contemptuous air he regarded the young Indian, who was unarmed, save for the sheathed hunting knife.

The hermit also made him a present of a long hunting-knife; and he gave one of a smaller size to Martin.

Soon as thought of, he unsheathed his hunting-knife, and set to cutting the grass, as reaper with “hook and crook.”

This was crossed by another shoulder belt, to which was hung a hunting knife, or couteau de chasse.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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