table-knife

His first fight on board, the first day out, was with me, when he, desiring to cut a plug of chewing tobacco, took my personal table-knife for the purpose, and whereupon, I, on a hair-trigger, promptly exploded.

That Dead Men Rise Up Never 2010

His first fight on board, the first day out, was with me, when he, desiring to cut a plug of chewing tobacco, took my personal table-knife for the purpose, and whereupon, I, on a hair-trigger, promptly exploded.

THAT DEAD MEN RISE UP NEVER 2010

It looked like an ordinary table-knife that had been patiently honed over many a long evening, until it had a fine cutting edge and a tapered point.

It's October, 1956. Shelagh Power-Chopra 2010

The gun was really ugly (home-made stock, carved with a table-knife, broken trigger tip) when I bought it for $245 it included rings and bases and a box of premium ammo!

On Cheap Rifles, Part II 2008

The knight-expectant advanced up the hall, the whole length of which he had unfortunately to traverse, turning out his toes with so much zeal that he presented his leg at every step with its broadside foremost, so that it greatly resembled an old-fashioned table-knife with a curved point, when seen sideways.

Kenilworth 2004

I tried cutting mine, but the really tough inner stalks don´t lend themselves to table-knife cutlery.

Take me out to the tianguis 2001

Lake recoiled a step; his face blanched as white as the cloth; his left arm lifted, and his right hand grasping the haft of a table-knife.

Wylder's Hand 2003

I tried cutting mine, but the really tough inner stalks don´t lend themselves to table-knife cutlery.

Take me out to the tianguis 2001

It looked like an ordinary table-knife that had been patiently honed over many a long evening, until it had a fine cutting edge and a tapered point.

Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

I found a table-knife and inserted it, with some difficulty, into the crack by the lock, and tried levering the door open.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997