Usually means: Tool for opening envelopes, books.
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  1. paper knife: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. paper knife: Merriam-Webster
  3. paper knife: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. paper knife: Vocabulary.com
  5. paper-knife: Wordnik
  6. paper knife: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. paper-knife: Wiktionary
  8. paper knife: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. paper knife: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. paper knife: Dictionary.com
  11. Paper knife: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. paper knife: Rhymezone
  13. paper knife: FreeDictionary.org
  14. paper knife: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. paper knife: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paper knife: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paper knife)

▸ noun:  A sharp tool for cutting open the pages of hand-produced books where the folding of printed sheets has created closed edges.

Similar:
folding knife, utility knife, Knife bayonet, table knife, pocketknife, knife, blade, penknife, bread knife, paper-folder, more...

Opposite:
scissors, blade, cutting tool

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Similar:
folding knife, utility knife, Knife bayonet, table knife, pocketknife, knife, blade, penknife, bread knife, paper-folder, more...

Opposite:
scissors, blade, cutting tool



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