TABLE KNIFE • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Table knife

... and rose from the ground where he had been peeling potatoes at his leisure with a table knife, and proceeded to do as he was bid. He was of an obliging nature and could be relied upon to perform odd jobs not strictly his duty, so long as they did ...

— Banked Fires • E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi

... early green stage at which coco-nuts are generally picked for household use in the tropics the shell hasn't yet solidified into a hard stony coat, but still remains quite soft enough to be readily cut through with a sharp table knife—just like young walnuts picked for pickling. If you cut one across while it's in this unsophisticated state, it is easy enough to see the arrangement of the interior, and the part borne by the milk in the development and growth of the mature nut. The ordinary tropical way of ...

— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen