pocket knifen.

Brit.

/ˈpɒkɪt nʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈpɑkət ˌnaɪf/

Inflections: Plural pocket knives.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., knife n.

Etymology: < pocket n. + knife n.

A knife suitable for carrying in a pocket, typically having one or more blades which retract or fold into the handle. Cf. penknife n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > pocket-knife

pocket knife1676

jackknife1683

barlow knife1779

stick knife1819

shut-knife1879

toad-stabber1885

switch-blade1909

blade1920

Batangas knife1937

switch-knife1955

1676 J. Smith Art of Painting in Oyl xiv. 65 A Knife of Cane, or for want of it, an ordinary pocket Knife that hath a smooth and sharp edge.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 168 Having nothing but a Pocket-Knife to cut withal.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. viii. xix. 247 Upon searching the pocket of the great coat, they found in it an old crape hat-band, a pocket knife, and an iron tobacco-box.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 194 Mr. Winkle..was eating bread and ham with a pocket-knife.

1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims i. 16 When a boy finds that his pocket-knife will attract steel filings and take up a needle.

1896 Daily News 21 Dec. 9/5 One of the largest houses..has nearly 100 pocket knife cutlers and grinders idle.

1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 122 Women, he thought, shutting his pocket-knife, don't know what passion is.

1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 141 (table) Retractable blade pocket knife complete with two blades.

2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) xiv. 289 Adelio is blushing, paring rind off a piece of cheese with a grimy pocketknife.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pocket knife
释义	pocket knifen. Brit. /ˈpɒkɪt nʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈpɑkət ˌnaɪf/ Inflections: Plural pocket knives. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pocket n., knife n. Etymology: < pocket n. + knife n. A knife suitable for carrying in a pocket, typically having one or more blades which retract or fold into the handle. Cf. penknife n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > pocket-knife pocket knife1676 jackknife1683 barlow knife1779 stick knife1819 shut-knife1879 toad-stabber1885 switch-blade1909 blade1920 Batangas knife1937 switch-knife1955 1676 J. Smith Art of Painting in Oyl xiv. 65 A Knife of Cane, or for want of it, an ordinary pocket Knife that hath a smooth and sharp edge. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 168 Having nothing but a Pocket-Knife to cut withal. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. viii. xix. 247 Upon searching the pocket of the great coat, they found in it an old crape hat-band, a pocket knife, and an iron tobacco-box. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 194 Mr. Winkle..was eating bread and ham with a pocket-knife. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims i. 16 When a boy finds that his pocket-knife will attract steel filings and take up a needle. 1896 Daily News 21 Dec. 9/5 One of the largest houses..has nearly 100 pocket knife cutlers and grinders idle. 1925 V. Woolf Mrs. Dalloway 122 Women, he thought, shutting his pocket-knife, don't know what passion is. 1983 Buck & Hickman Catal. 1983–5 141 (table) Retractable blade pocket knife complete with two blades. 2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) xiv. 289 Adelio is blushing, paring rind off a piece of cheese with a grimy pocketknife. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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