clasp-knife

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clasp-knife

noun clasp-knives

Synonym of folding knife. ...there is yet ample evidence of the existence of clasp-knives ages before the production of the Canterbury Tales. Among Etruscan antiquities in the Bronze Room of the British Museum are several clasp-knives, some of them with bone, others with bronze hafts, their blades being of iron — a metal emp
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@misc{clasp_knife_2026,
  title = {clasp-knife},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clasp-knife},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}