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knifehandle

knifehandle is the alternative form of knife-handle.

Meaning of knife-handle

Noun

knife-handle (plural knife-handles)

  1. The grip of a knife.
    • Please turn that cardboard face down, and take this one, and compare it searchingly by the magnifier, with the fatal signature upon the knife-handle, and report your finding to the court.”1894, Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, Harper and Brothers, page 197

Forms of knifehandle

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Questions about knifehandle

What is knifehandle the alternative form of?
Knifehandle is the alternative form of knife-handle.

Words near knifehandle in the dictionary

  1. knifeful
  2. knifefuls
  3. knifegrinder
  4. knifegrinders
  5. knifehand
  6. knifehandle
  7. knifehandles
  8. knifehands
  9. knifejaw
  10. knifejaws
  11. knifeless

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