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plural of jackknife
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1
as in daggers, machetes
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- bayonets,
- bodkins,
- bolos,
- bowie knifes
- (or bowie knives),
- cutlasses,
- daggers,
- dirks,
- machetes,
- pocketknives,
- poniards,
- sheath knives,
- stilettos
- (or stilettoes),
- stylets,
- switchblades,
- switch knives,
- yataghans
2
as in headers, swan dives
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