Penknife

/pˈɛnna‌ɪf/

/pˈɛnnaɪf/

[noun]

Penknife

[NOUN]

a folding knife that is small and compact enough to be carried in a pocket or purse

Examples

1. In September of 1960, almost seven months after Coors' disappearance, a hunter found a pair of pants with Coors' initials on the label, as well as a penknife with his initials engraved into it.

2. The official version of the story portrays Saddam as a hero who dug the bullet out with a penknife.

3. Indeed, Foucault opens the book with a description of the very public drawing and quartering of a man who would had drawn a penknife on Louis XV.

4. It was only with a penknife and he and his bandmates thought the wound- in the neck- was superficial.