Stanley knife

English thumb|Stanley brand utility knife Etymology From a brand name owned by the US tool manufacturer formerly known as Stanley Works; from en Stanley surname + en knife. Pronunciation en en-au-Stanley knife.ogg AU Noun Stanley knives en UK Australia New Zealand A type of retractable utility knife with a replaceable blade. en broadly synonymous utility knife boxcutter en 1988 Dennis Sloan The Twenty-Third Little Varmint 2005 126 Hotels expect to lose ashtrays, coat hangers and towels, for me it was Stanley knives. I didn′t mind a bit! If anyone bought a ₤35 a carpet, they were more than welcome to a 50 pence knife. en 2002 Guy Rundle Up from the Dead w:Peter Craven The Best Australian Essays 2002 187 the trams floating slowly down Swanston Street, paper-sellers cutting open bundles with Stanley knives, the smell of ground coffee from the downstairs cafe,. en 2003 Anthony Hulse Insanity Never Sleeps Mediaworld, UK 30 He gripped his Stanley knife and swung open the door almost detaching it from its hinges. en 2004 w:David Bret Morrissey: Scandal & Passion 34 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hK6lUbtUxmAC&pg=PA34 Manchester′s ‘golden boys’, Joy Division, had recently been devastated by the death of their singer, Ian Curtis: that good-looking, sad young man had made a spectacular exit by carving a smile on his face with a Stanley knife before hanging himself. Translations utility knife See also en razor razor blade<id:blade for utility knife, loosely equated> en eponyms genericized trademarks en Knives