Paper-knife

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of paperknife. alt-of, alternative

    "The same nervous staccato laugh broke from her thin lips, and her fingers began to play with a long tortoise-shell paper-knife."

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letter openerletter openerpaper knife

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"The same nervous staccato laugh broke from her thin lips, and her fingers began to play with a long tortoise-shell paper-knife."

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