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Meanings of jack-knife in English
Usage of jack-knife in English
1
Results were evaluated by using multipatient, multireader receiver operating characteristic jack-knife analysis.
2
Then with his jack-knife he dug it out and shouted with pleasure.
3
Quin, doubled up like a jack-knife beside her, was drunk with ecstasy.
4
He closed his jack-knife with a snap and thrust it in his pocket.
5
My jack-knife and other odds and ends were still in their accustomed places.
6
At length he whipped out his jack-knife and cut the rope.
7
He would reward the winner with a jack-knife or a bag of marbles.
8
We also each carried a match-box, a pocket compass, and a stout jack-knife.
9
With the help of my jack-knife I cleared the horse.
10
The jolts jerked the rider forward and back like a jack-knife without a spring.
11
Suddenly the soldier doubled up like a jack-knife and fell.
12
Carved with a jack-knife was the skysail-yard of a ship.
13
It's jest snifty; doubles me up like a jack-knife, Judge.
14
Any cowpuncher with a jack-knife could do a better job than they have done.
15
I had a large jack-knife in my pocket, which I had carried for several years.
16
If you only have your jack-knife, the best fire is a "Gypsy Rig".
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