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Meanings of pass the knife in English

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Usage of pass the knife in English
1
To draw off the merry-thought, pass the knife through the line 6 beneath it towards the neck, and it will easily be detached.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
2
The crowd pressed Jacket closer; they passed the knife from hand to hand.
Rainbow's End
3
He passed the knife to Jack and took the glass.
Boy Scouts in a Submarine; Or, Searching an Ocean Floor
4
Separate the shoulders and legs by passing the knife under them in a circular direction.
The American Frugal Housewife
5
Jock obeyed his Chief and passed the knife to Jean, who promptly followed his example.
The Scotch Twins
6
And once, twice, she passed the knife.
The Son of the Wolf
7
Passed the knife through the connecting skin and the little sausage fell neatly, hissing in the fat.
The ginger man
8
Pass the knife through the line 6, and under the merry-thought towards the neck, which will detach it.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) / Cooking, Toilet and Household R...
9
Fenwick made no reply; he cut savagely at his fish as if he were passing the knife over the throat of the intruder.
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
10
I caught his right hand with my left, and passing the knife across his wrist, more than half divided it from his arm.
The Little Savage
11
Pass the knife under the shoulder, 2-1 ,andremove it; then the leg, which is really good, in a similar manner.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
12
The cramp-bone may be extracted, if asked for, by cutting down at 4, and passing the knife under in a semicircle to 5.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
13
'As I say, once she passed the knife, and twice; but she was weak with hunger, and it was not meant that I should die.
The Son of the Wolf
14
"If I doubted that," she said, "I had rather pass the knife you wear around my throat than trouble myself to oblige you."
The Hidden Children
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