paperknife

/ ˈpeɪpəˌnaɪf /

noun

1. a knife with a comparatively blunt blade, esp one of wood, bone, etc, for opening sealed envelopes

Example Sentences

He sat drumming on his desk with the antique stainless steel spatula he used as a paperknife.

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Do not use too much paste, and crease the paper carefully along, and slightly into, the 'joint' with an ivory paperknife.

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He listened without interruption, playing with the ivory paperknife.

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Hella is painting a paperknife in imitation of tarsia mosaic.

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I attacked it bravely, however, hacking my way into it, paperknife in hand.

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