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clasp-knife
A knife the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle; esp. a large knife of this type in which the blade when opened is rigidly fixed by means of a catch.
1755in Johnson. 1827in Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1182 The rude clasp-knife lifts the coarse meal. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metals (Cabinet Cycl.) II. 9 About the year 1650 clasp or spring knives began to be made with handles of iron, which in a little time they covered with horn, tortoise⁓shell, etc. 1883Stevenson Treasure Isl. i. i. 8 He opened a sailor's clasp-knife. |