But his penknife was a tiny thing, suitable for sharpening quills and cutting paper, not to doing battle with monstrous stone dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Tran Siberian] Reference
The brown skin can then be easily removed with a penknife. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference
She ran to the dressing-table and took up a small penknife. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
"This gentleman had a penknife under his pillow," he explained. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
He held it out on a couple of fingers, as one might a penknife, but. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
It was the arm of the March Hare, and in its hand was an open penknife. From Wordnik.com. [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference
"Was there, upon his breast, a little ivory-handled penknife?" she asked. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Take a square as at Fig. 64, and with a sharp penknife blade score or cut. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
Are you ready to hear about more things which can be made with a penknife?. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Here, I'll cut it for you with my penknife; now you will find it go all right. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
To which Tom only answered in a jaunty tone, throwing his penknife out of his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
So many things can be constructed with them by the help of a penknife and liquid glue. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
It was made by his own hands with a penknife during the hours allotted to him for rest. From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
From the pocket of her apron she drew the penknife with which the doctor had been wounded. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Herr Pauer drew a penknife from his pocket and impaled the last inch of his cigar with it. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Especially is this to be attended to if a rusty nail or penknife has inflicted the injury. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
Set out the stiles with a marking knife or penknife and a try square, as shown at Fig. 178. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
"I've been as still as a rock, even with that horrid penknife close to my ear the whole time.". From Wordnik.com. [Soap-Bubble Stories For Children] Reference
They had been carefully cut open with a penknife, so that Beatrice could see they had been read. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
At the other side is a purse, or bag, to hold the reed, penknife, and other writing instruments. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Taking a penknife out of his pocket, he deftly and quickly cut away the inner portion of the stick. From Wordnik.com. [The Kangaroo Marines] Reference
Simmer very slowly ten minutes more; then add enough cayenne to lay on the tip of a penknife blade. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Cookery] Reference
Well, it's no easy job, I do assure you, to divide a fowl on a bed, with no plate, no fork, and only a penknife. From Wordnik.com. [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference
To Talbot's amazement the point of the penknife sank into the wall and in a moment a section of it was gouged out. From Wordnik.com. [The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds] Reference
This time he not only dissolved it in hot water and drank it, but took his penknife and fed himself the extract raw. From Wordnik.com. [Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest] Reference
Lay it on the sheet of wax and cut out the waxen letter after the pattern with a penknife previously dipped in water. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
She rinsed the blood from the little penknife in a basin of water, and turning down the blanket, laid it upon his breast. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
She spoke to him with great deliberation, holding the penknife before his eyes, and watching the drooping of the heavy lids. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
We saved him, and placed him on a barrel, whence he was taken by the rebels, who wished to put out his eyes with a penknife. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
When the whole is quite dry, which requires three or four hours, the edges are cut with a penknife and the whole stripped off. From Wordnik.com. [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference
With his unwounded hand he took an ivory-handled penknife, stained red with blood, from his pocket, and held it before her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Here she locks the door and, striking a light, hurriedly rips the silken band with a tiny penknife, and draws from thence two papers. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
And as a penknife was handed to Paul, there were cheers ringing in his ears for him and for Sally, who had a pen with her name on it. From Wordnik.com. [The Village by the River] Reference
She went into the greenhouse, carrying a piece of black stuff and a pair of scissors, the penknife, and her verses printed in violet. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Opening one of the patches with a penknife we find a hollow cell, and in it some green caterpillars just alive but not able to crawl. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Nature Won By Kindness] Reference
The spirit acceded to his request, whereupon Paracelsus took his penknife, and succeeded, after some trouble, in getting out the stopper. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
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