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What is a penknife?

What is a penknife? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A small pocketknife; a small knife with a blade which folds into the hand. Penknives often incorporate other tools such as corkscrews, but are generally smaller than pocketknives.
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Taking a penknife from his combat belt he flicked out the knife and prised out the device.
Recently my brother was boarding a plane to Spain when he found he'd forgotten to remove a heavy-duty penknife from his pocket.
One man suffered penknife stab wounds to his back and another was hit around the head with a snooker cue.
I took the rucksack off and managed to unzip the top pocket with one hand to get the penknife out.
His appetite for inventions went back to his childhood, when he had devised a fork and spoon that could fit into a penknife.
Early in the morning of November 12, the day he was to be hanged, he cut his throat with a penknife and died seven days later.

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