switchblade

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Every image ( "Red hair and black leather / my favorite color scheme") is sharp as a switchblade, and he sings as if the life he saves may be his own.

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  1. noun A pocketknife having a spring-operated blade that opens instantly when a release on the handle is pressed. Also called switchblade knife, switch knife.

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  • “Push it.” She did and the tiny silver key shot out of the side of the box like a switchblade. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • Once, I snapped open something like a switchblade. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 04 - April 1997
  • He cut the rope with his switchblade, an illegal weapon that he carried against all regulations. —  Outsider in Amsterdam - Janwillem van de Wetering - Grijpstra-de Gier 01
  • The switchblade was in his back pocket, on the right, and his right hand held the crowbar. —  The Nightmare People
  • Smith leaned on one crutch while he fished out his switchblade, then jabbed his left little finger and held it up where Annie could see it. —  The Nightmare People
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