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dessert knife

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dessert knife1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

According to Paraguayan authorities, Pinheiro then knocked Meza out before stabbing her 16 times with a dessert knife.

Victoria toyed with a dessert knife.

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

But the soldiers who, in lieu of a serviceable blade, found themselves in possession of a dessert knife may have taken a different view of the transaction.

“You were horrified at my attempting to clean out my pipe with a dessert knife.”

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