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Definition of Fish knife
1. Noun. A small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish.
Definition of Fish knife
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fish-knife) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Knife
Literary usage of Fish knife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners for Men by C. E. Humphry (1897)
"Oysters served on the shell are eaten with a fish-knife SB on. other fish hors
d'oeuvres are eaten with a fish-fork. It is not always possible to tell, ..."
2. Breakfast, Luncheons and Dinners: How to Plan Them, how to Serve Them, how by Mary Davoren Chambers (1920)
"The dinner knife, or meat knife, is placed next the plate at the right; outside
this, the fish knife; next, the soup spoon ..."
3. The Young Housewife's Daily Assistant: On All Matters Relating to Cookery by Cre-Fydd (1864)
"Run the fish-knife along the middle of the fish, from head to tail; ... Pass the
fish-knife through the back, to raise the fish from the bone, ..."
4. The Correct Thing in Good Society by Florence Howe Hall (1888)
"To use a silver fish-knife in addition to the fork when eating fish, and to help
to it with a silver fish- knife or slice and fork. ..."
5. Tsimshian Texts by Franz Boas (1902)
"Give me your little fish knife." His grandmother said, "You area liar, slave!
... Then gave the grand- Ts'ak' a fish knife. mother of little ..."
6. The Etiquette of New York To-day by Ellin Craven Learned (1906)
"The silver fish knife and fork are now in general use, the knife being necessary
in separating ... A story is told of how the fish knife came into fashion. ..."
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