pen-knife in the PONS Dictionary

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As he watched the containers being stowed, he cut blocks of clay with a penknife and wedged them between the container corner posts.
www.telegraph.co.uk
On this occasion my penknife had to suffice.
www.independent.co.uk
Should the postman subsidise them, or would he prefer to home-school his children and remove his appendix with a penknife?
www.telegraph.co.uk
The policeman strikes the windscreen, resulting in the glass shattering, and then starts slicing around the damaged area with what appears to be a penknife.
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My client did have a penknife, which he did take out.
www.businessinsider.com
The temptation, of course, is to take a penknife to packaging.
www.dailymail.co.uk
I have, of course, a penknife in my pocket.
www.independent.co.uk
Reality doesn't get more real thana guy amputating his arm with a penknife.
www.macleans.ca
And they weren't allowed to use their mobile phones -- which to most teenagers is akin to robustly removing a limb using a blunt penknife.
www.herald.ie
Using his three-inch pocket penknife he started to sever the toes on his right foot in a desperate bid to free himself.
www.mirror.co.uk

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