voiding knife

English

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Noun

voiding knife (plural voiding knives)

1. (obsolete) A long, usually wooden, knife used for gathering up crumbs and other remnants of food after a meal, to put them into a voider (type of basket).

References

• “voiding”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.