Crossword-Solution: PAPERKNIFE
We have 2 clues for the answer “PAPERKNIFE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| a knife for cutting paper | 1 answer |
| Letter opener | 26 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
RSAOLD
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Sentences with PAPERKNIFE (5)
Surely this embodiment of respectability and the sense of property could not wish to bring such a slur on his own sister! Soames slowly passed a little inlaid paperknife over the smooth surface of a marqueterie table; then, without looking at his nephew, he began: “You don’t understand what your mother has had to put up with these twenty years.
The little judge rapped on the table with his paperknife and urged the reader afresh upon his wild career.
Sir Francis had yawned capaciously once or twice, and had played absently with a large ink-stained paperknife,--signs that his mind was wandering somewhat from the point at issue.
Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc.
Except--Well, Dorothy was quite near; harmlessly prodding away at the earth with Aunt Betty's best paperknife.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2011).