Meaning of Stanley knife | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of retractable utility knife with a replaceable blade.

Australia, New-Zealand, UK

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Examples

“Hotels expect to lose ashtrays, coat hangers and towels, for me it was Stanley knives. I didn′t mind a bit! If anyone bought a ₤35 a carpet, they were more than welcome to a 50 pence knife.”

“[…]the trams floating slowly down Swanston Street, paper-sellers cutting open bundles with Stanley knives, the smell of ground coffee from the downstairs cafe,[…].”

“He gripped his Stanley knife and swung open the door almost detaching it from its hinges.”

“Manchester′s ‘golden boys’, Joy Division, had recently been devastated by the death of their singer, Ian Curtis: that good-looking, sad young man had made a spectacular exit by carving a smile on his face with a Stanley knife before hanging himself.”

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