clasp-knifen.
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.
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1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1182 The rude clasp-knife lifts the coarse meal.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal 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.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. i. 8 He..opened a sailor's clasp-knife.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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