knives
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Finds included bone pegs for stretching vellum as it dried, and tools such as knives and pumice stones for scraping and smoothing animal hides.
From BBC
He said he had done self-defence training at MI5's London headquarters, Thames House, with a ninjutsu instructor, describing it as "swords and knives and stuff".
From BBC
I sat down blinking at knives, forks, tablecloth—had I once eaten like this, every day in the year?
From Literature
‘You never did –repair yours. And -swap knives.’
From Literature
Among the works is a giant dinosaur fossil made from hammers, knives and spanners, a snake made from an old bicycle chain and a bull's nostrils formed from a vintage gas mask.
From BBC
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