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knifestory

knifestory noun: a story told by storyknifing.

Noun

knifestory (plural knifestories)

  1. A story told by storyknifing.
    • In the 20 year period represented by the two knifestory studies, Oswalt's for the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s and mine for the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, major changes can be identified.1977, Edward Norbeck, Claire R. Farrer, Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society, →ISBN, page 86
    • Kate smiled, thinking of the squat little figure hunched over her knifestories in the sand of the beach at Unalaska.1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 87

Forms of knifestory

pluralknifestories

Origin of knifestory

From knife + story.

Questions about knifestory

What does knifestory mean?
Knifestory means a story told by storyknifing.
What part of speech is knifestory?
Knifestory is a noun.
What is the plural of knifestory?
The plural of knifestory is knifestories.

Words near knifestory in the dictionary

  1. knifesman
  2. knifesmen
  3. knifesmith
  4. knifesmiths
  5. knifestories
  6. knifestory
  7. knifethrower
  8. knifethrowers
  9. knifetooth sawfish
  10. knifetooth sawfishes
  11. knifewoman

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