Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A knife for cutting up plug tobacco. It is generally a guillotine-knife, pivoted at one end, and operated by a lever or handle.
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The shepherd instantly pulled out his tobacco, his pipe, his tobacco-knife, and matches, and handed them over.
The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862
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