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Fruit knives

Scope note

Small knives with a sharp, sometimes serrated, blade used to pare and cut fruit at the table. Often with an ornamental handle and sometimes with a folding blade such as on a penknife. For other small knives with a short handle and sometimes a curved and pointed blade use "dessert knives."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300043127

Broader Terms used

<place knives>

Equivalent Terms used

fruit knife

Created

13yrs ago

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