case knife
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English
Noun
case knife (plural case knives)
- A knife carried in a sheath or case.
- Synonym: sheath knife
- 1712 August 1 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “MONDAY, July 21, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 570; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- he called for a Case-Knife, and applying the Edge of it to his Mouth, converted it into a musical Instrument
- A large table knife of a kind formerly kept in a case.
References
- “case knife”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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