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pocket-knife|ˈpɒkɪtˌnaɪf|
A knife with one or more blades which fold into the handle, for carrying in the pocket.
1727Philip Quarll (1816) 42 Having nothing but a pocket-knife to cut it with. 1875Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims i. 16 When a boy finds that his pocket-knife will attract steel filings and take up a needle.
attrib.1896Daily News 21 Dec. 9/5 One of the largest houses..has nearly 100 pocket knife cutlers and grinders idle. |