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fruit knife
noun
- a small knife, usually having a distinctive handle and a stainless steel blade with a sharp or serrated edge, used at table for paring and cutting fruit.
fruit knife
noun
- a small stainless knife for cutting fruit
Word History and Origins
Origin of fruit knife1
Example Sentences
Armed with a three-inch fruit knife, he stabbed three staffers and killed a medical intern, then tried to kill himself.
If fruit is the first course, there should be at each place a fruit-plate with a doily, finger-bowl, and fruit-knife on it.
Nutcrackers and a fruit-knife lay on our side of the stand, and Hewitt turned the stand to offer him the knife.
If a waitress serves, fruit knife and plate are placed first, and then the dish containing the fruit is passed.
It should always be served very cold, on a large fruit plate, and with fruit knife and fork.
Miss Skeat clutched her silver fruit-knife till her knuckles shone again, and she set her teeth.
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