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Definition of Paperknife
1. Noun. Dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books.
Definition of Paperknife
1. Noun. a knife for cutting paper or opening envelopes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paperknife
Literary usage of Paperknife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Echoes from the Oxford Magazine: Being Reprints of Seven Years by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Alfred Denis Godley (1890)
"She, the unknown, alighted, but thee she lefi there paperknife! Since then thou
hast cut the leaves of Homer and Virgil, Lycophron, Sidonius Apollinaris, ..."
2. Some Useful Animals and what They Do for Us by John Monteith, Caroline Monteith (1903)
"Is the paperknife animal or mineral ? This is a more important question, ...
They examined carefully the paperknife, and many other articles on the table, ..."
3. Illustrated and Unabridged Edition of the Times Report of the Trial of by William Palmer, Great Britain Central Criminal Court, Times Newspapers Limited (1856)
"He said he wanted some books and papers and a paperknife, for they were to go
... When I returned he was still in the room looking for the paperknife on the ..."
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