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noun
A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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noun
A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically
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Broader terms: folding knife, folder, clasp-knife
History
From slip + joint.
Across languages
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