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		Definition of Stanley knife in English: Stanley knifenoun ˈstanli nʌɪf British trademark A utility knife with a short, strong replaceable blade.  Example sentencesExamples -  A huge array of weapons, ranging from knuckledusters to a meat cleaver and a Stanley knife, were used in the fight, which left one man with a punctured lung.
 -  We chased him but then he turned around to face us and pulled out a Stanley knife and slid the blade forward.
 -  There were three or four people involved in the attack and the victim, who was in the house on his own, was threatened with a Stanley knife and a screwdriver during his ordeal.
 -  She told her husband what was happening, describing how the terrorists had knives and box-cutters - small pocket blades similar to Stanley knives.
 -  It comes in sheets, which can be cut to fit with a Stanley knife, and needs a 10 mm expansion gap around the edge of the room and 5mm between the boards.
 -  It was like somebody had slashed my face with a Stanley knife.
 -  They started to cut the carpet with Stanley knives because it was so big to remove it.
 -  There are the multiple slash wounds done with a Stanley knife.
 -  At the time of his arrest the Defendant was in possession of a Stanley knife and he was then further arrested for having a bladed article in a public place which is a recordable offence.
 -  They threatened the man, who was in the house on his own, with a Stanley knife and a screwdriver then tied him up with telephone cable, placing a bag over his head so he couldn't see what was going on.
 -  ‘He followed her into another room, smashing furniture as he went, and then picked up a Stanley knife,’ said Mr Cunningham.
 -  The McCarthys, who reported the matter to the gardaí, believe that the damage was caused by a blade similar to a Stanley knife.
 -  The prosecution said he was convicted of wounding with intent with a knife 17 years ago, wounding with a Stanley knife in 1994 and wounding with a bottle in 2000.
 -  He had a Stanley knife and two craft knives in his tackle box.
 -  ‘Col got out his Stanley knife,’ a workmate said.
 -  Sources are said to have reported that workers preparing vegetables and fresh fruit around Britain were being kept under control by gangmasters armed with Stanley knives and guns.
 -  The Stanley knife can become a weapon of mass destruction.
 -  Mr Groves was slashed down his left arm with a Stanley knife.
 -  The 31-year-old man, who was too frightened to be named, said the men ‘came out of nowhere’ and one of them pulled out a blue Stanley knife.
 -  He had been at All Saints school until he was expelled aged 15 for throwing a Stanley knife at a fellow pupil in Design and Technology class.
 
 
 Origin   Late 19th century: named after the manufacturer, The Stanley Rule and Level Company (now The Stanley Works).     |