paperknife

British  

/ ˈpeɪpəˌnaɪf /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

But the slab, gently curved and polished to paperknife thinness, did seem to move somehow, and the uneven grain of the marble gave it a wavering, watery air.

From Time Magazine Archive

I—I couldn’t do very much—with a paperknife, could I?

From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn

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

From Helpfully Yours by Smith, Evelyn E.

"Listen," said T. X., grasping an ivory paperknife savagely in his hand and tapping his blotting-pad to emphasize his words, "you're a pie!"

From The Clue of the Twisted Candle by Wallace, Edgar

He held an ivory paperknife, which he kept bending across his knee, and of a sudden the thing snapped in two.

From The Crown of Life by Gissing, George