flick knife BrE
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She reached for her locker and took out a flick knife.

They were pretty handy with the flick knives they'd got.

He took out a flick knife and began to clean his nails.

He reached into his pocket and took out the handle of a flick knife.

A flick knife gleamed as it slid out of his fist.

Madeleine sniffed loudly again, and made her flick knife disappear.

The defendant had a flick knife displayed in his shop window with a price tag on it.

The woman is then seen opening a flick knife as the pair engage in a final courtship dance.

He held the gate with one hand and drew a flick knife from his back pocket with the other.

Therefore flick knives are now in the same category as truncheons and knuckledusters.

This new dispensation fought with flick knives, coshes and even guns.

In Britain, the folding type of switchblade is commonly referred to as a flick knife.

Weapons were often in evidence; coshes, bike chains and flick knives being favoured.

Statute made it a criminal offence to 'offer' such flick knives for sale.

'One of those gangs with flick knives maybe.

Around 50 people took part in the fight; weapons used included motorcycle chains, flick knives and at least one spiked flail.

He had a flick knife.

Australian customs refer to the automatic knife or switchblade as a flick knife.

When approached by two gun men, a flick Knife appears from his gauntlet and, presumably, slits their throats.

He also added "He finds out Jay has a flick knife and he's furious.

Dorrin finds himself staring at the flicking knife.

"He's rustled up a dozen flick knives.

In this case flick knives displayed in a window were categorised by the court as an "invitation to treat" rather than an offer for sale.

The man carried no gun on him, but in his trouserpocket was a flick knife with a haft of bone and steel.

"They carried flick knives.

He finally turned and began walking, the switchblade still very much in view.

How he had found the switchblade this morning, for instance.

Now the switchblade knife was again in his other hand.

I make sure my switchblade is at the ready before entering.

What if the fire was just another reminder from the man with the switchblade?

A moment later he pulled a switchblade from the man's back pocket.

A couple friends of mine were more interested in their switchblade.

It came as no surprise that he knew about the switchblade.

But within minutes of that suggestion, the political switchblades came out.

In the next section we'll look at the Switchblade plane design.

I closed up the switchblade and put it back in my pocket.

With her switchblade, she cut the screen out of its frame.

The switchblade had come closer with each assault, and he simply could not take another one.

The Switchblade is projected to be ready for flight in 2020.

He made a grab for the switchblade in his right pocket.

Popped the switchblade and carried it in my right hand.

He went in later and threw a switchblade under a table."

One of the shorter boys took out a switchblade knife.

He grinned, and pulled a switchblade out of his back pocket.

Into the left front pocket, she dropped her switchblade knife.

Through the hole Henry has made with his switchblade knife.

He jumped to his feet, took out a switchblade and snapped it open.

He put the switchblade, after some thought, under the foam slab.

I shrugged again, and added the switchblade to the pile on the floor.

They might look the same way if she suddenly shoved her switchblade into his belly.