Associations to the word «Pocketknife»

Wiktionary

POCKETKNIFE, noun. A small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle, and thereby be safely stowed in one’s pocket.

Dictionary definition

POCKETKNIFE, noun. A knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope