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ˈknife-man
One who uses a knife as an instrument, a tool, or a weapon; spec. † (a) in the parlance of N. American Indians, an Englishman (obs.); (b) slang, a surgeon.
1643R. Williams Key Lang. Amer. (1866) 126 They call English-men Chauquaquock, that is, Knive-men, stone formerly being to them in stead of Knives. 1852W. Willison in Midland Florist VI. 9 Serving as knife-man in the Gateshead nursery. 1901–2Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VIII. 294 The few picked ‘knife-men’ who lay or crouched in the trenches cutting through the compost of bones and pottery inch by inch. 1923Dialect Notes V. 235 Knifeman, a man who fights with a knife... Not common. 1956J. Masters Bugles & Tiger i. 19 There was always the sense-sharpening chance of a sudden storm of bullets, a rush of knifemen. 1961Woman 18 Mar. 10/4 Had she seen the new nurse on women's surgical? The knife men always had the luck. 1964Amer. Speech XXXIX. 271 Cutter man, knife man, a worker who operates the cutter. 1973‘R. MacLeod’ Burial in Portugal v. 110 A third man..was coming in at a rush with a knife... Gaunt..felt the jar as his heel took the knife-man low in the stomach. |