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penknife

/ˈpen.naɪf/ (pl penknives)

Translation

n [c]
navaja
He took a penknife out of his pocket
Se sacó una navaja del bolsillo
cortaplumas
(Definition of penknife n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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