DESSERT KNIFE Definition & Meaning

dessert knife

noun

a knife used during the dessert course, usually somewhat smaller than a dinner knife.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of dessert knife¹

First recorded in 1785–95

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According to Paraguayan authorities, Pinheiro then knocked Meza out before stabbing her 16 times with a dessert knife.

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Victoria toyed with a dessert knife.

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“You see how it is,” said he to the young blonde, gesticulating with his dessert knife.

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But the soldiers who, in lieu of a serviceable blade, found themselves in possession of a dessert knife may have taken a different view of the transaction.

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“You were horrified at my attempting to clean out my pipe with a dessert knife.”

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