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knife-boy

knife-boy noun: a boy employed to clean knives.

Noun

knife-boy (plural knife-boys)

  1. (historical) A boy employed to clean knives.

Forms of knife-boy

pluralknife-boys

Questions about knife-boy

What does knife-boy mean?
Knife-boy means a boy employed to clean knives.
What part of speech is knife-boy?
Knife-boy is a noun.
What is the plural of knife-boy?
The plural of knife-boy is knife-boys.

Words near knife-boy in the dictionary

  1. knife wand
  2. knife wands
  3. knife's edge
  4. knife's edges
  5. knife-and-fork
  6. knife-boy
  7. knife-boys
  8. knife-colored
  9. knife-coloured
  10. knife-ear
  11. knife-edge

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