putty knife
noun
a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
Origin of putty knife
1First recorded in 1855–60
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How to use putty knife in a sentence
For use with a platter, a spoon is perhaps the best utensil when a putty knife is not in supply.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesWhen cool, work up with a putty knife or a similar utensil in the same manner as for fondant until it becomes hard and creamy.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesWhen dry putty with white-lead putty, thinned with varnish and turpentine, and knifed in with a "broad-gauge" putty knife.
Remove the greater part of the dirt with a brush, old whisk-broom, or a putty knife.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteWith the groups separated, the remaining separators will either fall out or may be easily pushed out with a putty knife.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. Witte
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