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dessert knife
noun
- 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.
From The Guardian
Victoria toyed with a dessert knife.
From Project Gutenberg
“You see how it is,” said he to the young blonde, gesticulating with his dessert knife.
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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.
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“You were horrified at my attempting to clean out my pipe with a dessert knife.”
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