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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint. attributive
2. 2
   A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife. metonymically

Etymology

From slip + joint.

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