paring-knife

The stuff was strong; she had to nick it with her paring-knife before it would tear.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

And the fellow pointed to a great bag of potatoes and a paring-knife.

The Adventures of a Boy Reporter Harry Steele Morrison

He felt it carefully, hefted it in one hand, then with the aid of a thin-bladed paring-knife he succeeded in loosening a corner of the flap sufficiently to allow of a peek at the contents without disturbing the seals.

Every Man for Himself Hopkins Moorhouse

Each take a small saucepan, a measuring cup, a teaspoon, a paring-knife, and a small cup.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management Ontario. Ministry of Education

Does he not wear a great round beard like a glover’s paring-knife?

Act I. Scene IV. The Merry Wives of Windsor 1914

And here I could more fully (and I long to do it) insist upon the wonderful harmony and resemblance between a poet and a shoemaker, in many circumstances common to both; such as the binding of their temples, the stuff they work upon, and the paring-knife they use, &c. but that I would not digress, nor seem to trifle in so serious a matter.

A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet 1909

Does he not wear a great round beard, like a glover's paring-knife?

The Merry Wives of Windsor 1597

Does he not wear a great round beard, like a glover's paring-knife?

The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590

Does he not wear a great round beard, like a glover’s paring-knife?

The Merry Wives of Windsor 2004

In the _Merry Wives of Windsor_, Mistress Quickly asks Simple whether his master (Slender) does not wear "a great round beard, like a glover's paring-knife," to which he replies: "No, forsooth; he hath but

Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers William Alexander Clouston 1869