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Jackknife

noun

(pl. jackknives)

A large knife with one or more folding blades. Synonym: clasp knife.

A dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out.

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"Jackknife" Quotes from Famous Books

... in his holster, he would be a dead man before he could press a trigger. And that time, he felt equally sure, would come sooner or later. His muscles were growing cramped. He could not forever double himself up like a four-bladed jackknife behind the altogether inefficient shelter of ...

— The Flaming Forest • James Oliver Curwood

... all his pockets. And probably that was the first time he had ever found himself without plenty of string. There were enough other things in his pockets—a jackknife and nails, an apple and a lump of maple sugar, an old broken watch and a willow whistle. But not a single piece of string ...

— The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk • Arthur Scott Bailey

... stood under the black walnut again that afternoon and with his jackknife he was carving a small basket out of one of the walnuts that had fallen at his feet. About him stood a group including the custodian of "the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia" and the man who held like responsibility for ...

— The Roof Tree • Charles Neville Buck

... on a meal-chest, picked up a straw and put it into his mouth. Elbridge sat down at the other end, pulled out his jackknife, opened the penknife-blade, and began sticking it into the lid of the meal-chest. The Doctor's man had a story to tell, and he meant to get all the enjoyment out of it. So he told it with every luxury of circumstance. Mr. Venner's ...

— Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 40, February, 1861 • Various

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