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jack-knife
1
noun
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jack-knife
1
plural
jack-knives
[
countable
]
1
D
a knife with a blade that folds into its handle
2
a
dive
in which you bend at the waist when you are in the air
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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