dessert knife

a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.

Origin of dessert knife

First recorded in 1785–95

D. ès S., Dessalines, Dessau, dessert, dessert fork, dessert knife, dessertspoon, dessertspoonful, dessert wine, dessiatine, destabilize

Ted lifted his brown eyes to hers, but she sat with eyes downcast, playing with her dessert-knife.
Mammon and Co.|E. F. Benson
"Yes, I will go," I cried, seizing a dessert-knife which was on my bureau.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete|Madame La Marquise De Montespan
His pipe not drawing, he was preparing to dig it with the point of a dessert-knife, when Doggie interposed hurriedly.
The Rough Road|William John Locke
Brandishing his dessert-knife, he shouts, 'Avançons, mes amis!
The History of "Punch"|M. H. Spielmann

单词	dessert knife
释义	dessert knife noun a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife. Origin of dessert knife First recorded in 1785–95 Words nearby dessert knife D. ès S., Dessalines, Dessau, dessert, dessert fork, dessert knife, dessertspoon, dessertspoonful, dessert wine, dessiatine, destabilize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dessert knife Ted lifted his brown eyes to hers, but she sat with eyes downcast, playing with her dessert-knife. Mammon and Co.\|E. F. Benson "Yes, I will go," I cried, seizing a dessert-knife which was on my bureau. The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete\|Madame La Marquise De Montespan His pipe not drawing, he was preparing to dig it with the point of a dessert-knife, when Doggie interposed hurriedly. The Rough Road\|William John Locke Brandishing his dessert-knife, he shouts, 'Avançons, mes amis! The History of "Punch"\|M. H. Spielmann
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