dessert knife

noun

1. a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dessert knife¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

Ted lifted his brown eyes to hers, but she sat with eyes downcast, playing with her dessert-knife.

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He stabbed sharply with the butt of a dessert knife on the dessert plate which had just been placed before him.

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His pipe not drawing, he was preparing to dig it with the point of a dessert-knife, when Doggie interposed hurriedly.

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“You see how it is,” said he to the young blonde, gesticulating with his dessert knife.

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"Yes, I will go," I cried, seizing a dessert-knife which was on my bureau.

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