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a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat
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Noun
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Others just shrug, throw all their knives in the dishwasher week after week, and then toss them into a drawer.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025 -
Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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With Jokic orchestrating at the elbow or top of the arc, cutters find seams that few (or in some cases any) other passers have the ability to exploit.—
Joel Rush,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Today there was a lot more cutters inside to righties.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
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Only swords, axes, and daggers are permitted.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Cleavers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleavers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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