switchblade

switchblade
switchblade also switch-blade, type of folding pocket knife, 1932, from SWITCH (Cf. switch) (n.) + BLADE (Cf. blade). So called for the "switch" which is pressed to spring the knife open. Earlier a similar tool was known as an Arkansas toothpick (1837).

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