clasp knife


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clasp knife

a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
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The judge told him: "The jury obviously agreed with the prosecution you had a clasp knife in your possession and after you had been threatened by one of the unruly boys at the school, you opened that knife so as to threaten him.
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He had to perform a partial amputation with a simple clasp knife and stem the blood with a tourniquet before carrying the soldier to safety.
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01, using threatening words or behaviour and having a clasp knife in a public place without good reason.
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