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knife-point
noun
- the tip of a knife blade
- at knife-pointat knife-point under threat of being stabbed
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She worked hard dealing drugs, but at the end of her shift the boys would steal her earnings at knife point.
Let the pencil or knife point make a dash on the thing measured which would exactly continue the division line on the ruler.
For the notch, make a deep cut with a gouge, and cut the chip straight across with knife point or small chisel.
I began to eat and sip my wine, still with those brutal eyes on my face and the keen knife-point touching my poncho.
There was no need of the Apache's prodding knife point to start him up the ladder.
In laying off a 16-foot pole the stick is first marked with a knife point, or sharp scratchawl, and try square to square one end.
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