paperknife

/ ˈpeɪpəˌnaɪf /

noun

a knife with a comparatively blunt blade, esp one of wood, bone, etc, for opening sealed envelopes

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He sat drumming on his desk with the antique stainless steel spatula he used as a paperknife.

Do not use too much paste, and crease the paper carefully along, and slightly into, the 'joint' with an ivory paperknife.

He listened without interruption, playing with the ivory paperknife.

Hella is painting a paperknife in imitation of tarsia mosaic.

I attacked it bravely, however, hacking my way into it, paperknife in hand.

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