For every sweet hello to your face, there were three jackknives in your back. From Wordnik.com. [At Her Beck and Call]
Daddy would show us how to do front flips, back flips, swan dives, and jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [Beth Arnold: My Father's Voice] Reference
And from his pockets Silas drew forth two fine big jackknives and two long pieces of thong. From Wordnik.com. [Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains] Reference
But he can make other boys pay him apple-cores and jackknives for the fun of wielding the brush. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The desks were black and irregular, covered with the names and initials which the boys had cut with their jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans] Reference
Inside were old unpainted desks, -- unpainted, but browned with the umber of human contact, -- and hacked by innumerable jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
Those of us old enough to own jackknives whittled scrap lumber into guns that would surely, at least from a distance, fool entire enemy regiments into surrender. From Wordnik.com. [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]
But then when -- when the people who had backed Armstrong, had bet their money and their jackknives and their whiskey on Armstrong, tried to claim that they had won, then Lincoln said, ` No. '. From Wordnik.com. [Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
The topmost rails and post-heads of this fence have been so notched and gnawed by the jackknives of whittling idlers and the teeth of cribbing horses, that their original size and shape are matters concerning which the present generation are informed only by tradition. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
Yankee proverb, "swapping jackknives in a garret.". From Wordnik.com. [Peter Cooper The Riverside Biographical Series, Number 4] Reference
Berlin, bought and traded "sight unseen" as small boys swap jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Places] Reference
"Here's one, Sampson," said Hawkes, offering one of the square-bladed jackknives used in the navy. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility] Reference
Time has worn me out. Th 'years like little boys with jackknives has carved their names in me top. From Wordnik.com. [Observations By Mr. Dooley] Reference
Some of the sailors climbed over the front wall and with their jackknives cut away the boughs in front of the guns. From Wordnik.com. [Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril] Reference
The table was at one end of the bench, the table service two jackknives and two iron spoons -- absolutely nothing else. From Wordnik.com. [Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know] Reference
Tent pegs were cut with our jackknives and the tent stretched between two trees, which avoided the necessity of tent poles. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
The boys dug up various roots with their jackknives; but they both knew the taste of sarsaparilla, and could not be deceived. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Horace] Reference
The floor was of rough pine boards laid loose, with cracks between them that were a standing menace to jackknives and slate pencils. From Wordnik.com. [Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian] Reference
The jackknives -- a big one and a little one -- the bits of cord, the fishhooks, the nails: these were handy to have on certain occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarecrow of Oz]
The company was divided into messes of ten each, there being one large tin pan for each, from which the boys took the "grub" with sharpened sticks or jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student] Reference
That's a rare gift, as anyone unfortunate enough to witness Gethin Jones's bug-eyed scramble to keep abreast of the show's constant tonal jackknives last summer will attest. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
I have a little model of a fishing dory that Georgie made for me, with its sprit-sail and killick and painter and oars and gaff all cleverly cut with the clumsiest of jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [An Arrow in a Sunbeam and Other Tales] Reference
They built a "shanty" of the boards which grandpa was saving to mend the fence, and in this shanty they "kept store," trading in crooked pins, home-made toys, twine, and jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Horace] Reference
Guber tells the story of presenting former President Reagan and former President Mikhail Gorbachev with Tiffany-designed jackknives and reminding them of playing mumblety-peg as boys. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
"Well, I-- I wanted to relieve you as much as possible," he exclaimed, wondering if she knew how many boats he had built for the boys, and how many jackknives he had broken in the process. From Wordnik.com. [The Tangled Threads] Reference
Case is primarily recognized as one of the makers of premium quality bone-handled jackknives, which are prized by whittlers and outdoor people and even have collectors who try to get one of every variety. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
I have several Case jackknives myself - an accumulation more than a collection - and they are very fine jackknives and serve all my purposes well, which mostly consist of opening mail, cutting twine, and cleaning my fingernails but I do use them for other work as necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
I also wrote home expressing my dissatisfaction with the business, and my contempt for the small salary it paid, and closed by saying I could make more money swapping jackknives than I could telegraphing, and that I never would be able to pay my debts were I to continue at it. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years of Hus'ling] Reference
Federation, actively engaged in the propaganda, and how we spent much of our time explaining to popular audiences in halls and upon street corners that the socialization of jackknives, needles, sewing machines, market baskets, beer mugs, frying pans, and toothpicks was not our aim, is a merry memory. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles] Reference
Seemed to coalesce in the fond, well-chosen contrarian displays of jewelry and wood and metal objects, like forged baskets and beautiful old jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Seemed to coalesce in the fond, well-chosen contrarian displays of jewelry and wood and metal objects, like forged baskets and beautiful old jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
Fine line of jackknives. From Wordnik.com. [Scattergood Baines] Reference
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