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  • noun A knifelike device with a blunt edge, used for slicing letters open.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books

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