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Meaning of switch-blade | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“As I listened to Stokely's words, cutting like a switch-blade, accusing the enemy as I had never heard him accused before, I admit that I felt the cathartic power of his speech.”
“Silas Mort was a back-stabber who favoured a switch-blade.”
“At least Tabitha had never threatened me with a switch-blade.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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