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Definitions of penknife in various dictionaries:
noun - a small pocketknife
A small pocketknife.
noun - a small pocketknife
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| A small pocketknife. |
| a small knife with a blade which folds into the handle. |
| a small pocketknife originally used to cut quill pens |
| a small knife that folds into a case and is usually carried in a pocket |
| a small knife with a blade that folds into its handle |
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A penknife, or pen knife, is a British English term for a small folding knife. Today the word penknife is the common British English term for both a pocketknife, which can have single or multiple blades, and for multi-tools, with additional tools incorporated into the design.Originally, penknives were used for thinning and pointing quills to prepare them for use as dip pens and, later, for repairing or re-pointing the nib. A penknife might also be used to sharpen a pencil, prior to the invention of the pencil sharpener. A penknife did not necessarily have a folding blade, but might resemble a scalpel or wood knife by having a short, fixed blade at the end of a long handle. One popular (but incorrect) folk etymology makes an association between the size of a penknife and that of a small ballpoint pen. * During the 20th century there has been a proliferation of multi-function knives with assorted blades and gadgets, including; awls, reamers, scissors, nail files, corkscrews, tweezers, toot |