paperknife
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
It was extremely old and much decayed by its long burial in the ground, and had been held together only by the metallic bands which Dorothy’s paperknife struck when she was digging among the ferns.
From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn
I—I couldn’t do very much—with a paperknife, could I?
From Dorothy on a House Boat by Raymond, Evelyn
Do not use too much paste, and crease the paper carefully along, and slightly into, the 'joint' with an ivory paperknife.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
On the table were an inkpot of carved jade, a paperknife of ivory with gold butterflies set in; three bronze storks, with their backs together, held an exquisite Japanese crystal.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Post, Melville Davisson
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