Usage of "jack-knife"

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Knife that can be carried in a pocket.

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Examples for "jackknife"

Examples for "jackknife"

There must be a jackknife in it, or something besides the dollar. 
 Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know 

A jackknife in his expert hand was a whole chest of tools. 
 The Story of a Bad Boy 

He saw the derringer fall and Kao crumple up like a jackknife. 
 The River's End 

Presently he drew out his jackknife and methodically cut the remaining bonds. 
 The Rangeland Avenger 

He holds a wooden stick, which he is whittling with a jackknife. 
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Officers arrived and found a pocket knife under the body of Patsanan. 
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Producing his pocket knife, he quickly cut the cords that bound me. 
 True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place 

A few weeks later I dreamed of finding still another pocket knife. 
 The Life of Me: An Autobiography 

Here's my pocket knife my grandpa gave me when I was four. 
 The new yorker 

Mpendulo carries a slingshot, a box of matches and a pocket knife. 
 The South African 

Usage of jack-knife in inglés

Results were evaluated by using multipatient, multireader receiver operating characteristic jack-knife analysis. 
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Then with his jack-knife he dug it out and shouted with pleasure. 
 Notes of a War Correspondent 

Quin, doubled up like a jack-knife beside her, was drunk with ecstasy. 
 Quin 

He closed his jack-knife with a snap and thrust it in his pocket. 
 The Riverman 

My jack-knife and other odds and ends were still in their accustomed places. 
 True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place 

At length he whipped out his jack-knife and cut the rope. 
 Raftmates: A Story of the Great River 

He would reward the winner with a jack-knife or a bag of marbles. 
 Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States... 

We also each carried a match-box, a pocket compass, and a stout jack-knife. 
 The Voyage of the Rattletrap 

With the help of my jack-knife I cleared the horse. 
 The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ... 

The jolts jerked the rider forward and back like a jack-knife without a spring. 
 A Man Four-Square 

Suddenly the soldier doubled up like a jack-knife and fell. 
 The Book of All-Power 

Carved with a jack-knife was the skysail-yard of a ship. 
 The Road 

It's jest snifty; doubles me up like a jack-knife, Judge. 
 The Arena, Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 

Any cowpuncher with a jack-knife could do a better job than they have done. 
 The Lady Doc 

I had a large jack-knife in my pocket, which I had carried for several years. 
 Down South; or, Yacht Adventure in Florida 

If you only have your jack-knife, the best fire is a "Gypsy Rig". 
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