Penknife Definition

pĕnnīf
penknives
noun
A small pocketknife; originally, one used in fashioning quill pens.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
penknife
Plural:
penknives

Origin of Penknife

  • originally a small knife used for cutting the nib of a quill pen

    From Wiktionary

  • So called because it was originally used for cutting quill pens

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Penknife Sentence Examples

  • He tried to get in with the blade of a very small penknife.

  • The battery was evidently fully charged as a large spark shot out when Paul jabbed his little penknife scissors into the contacts.

  • With my sharp penknife I opened a vein in one of the whitest arms I ever beheld.

  • He found a dirty handkerchief, a conker on a piece of string and a rusty old penknife.

  • He used a penknife where St. Vincent took a hatchet, to employ his own figure.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEN

Words Ending With

EFEIFE

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With P8 Letter Words Ending With E