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PENKNIFE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: penknives
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("penknife" is a kind of...):
pocket knife; pocketknife (a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket)