jackknife
noun
a large pocketknife.
jackknives
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pluralof jackknife.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The catalog explains how Mr. Donati, a native of Milan, traveled in the American Southwest and Hudson Bay in the 1930s and traded European pheasant feathers, beads and jackknives for Indian artwork.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2010
Traditional folders, jackknives and fixed-blade knives such as the Bear Paw, Middleman and Sharpfinger have been standards in the Imperial Schrade product line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Administration supporters downtown and on Capitol Hill already had their jackknives out, were busily whittling away at the rotten wood of the Neutrality Act.
From Time Magazine Archive
He reports he performed the movie's swan dives and jackknives in "all but a fraction of a shot."
From Time Magazine Archive
He wanted to sit with them on curbstones and compare the sharpness of jackknives, the distance and arcs of spitting.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
