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has gloss	(noun) a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum linoleum knife, linoleum cutter
has gloss	eng: A linoleum knife (also called a banana knife or hook axe) is a small knife that has a short, stiff blade with a curved point and a handle and is used to cut linoleum or other sheet materials such as wood panelling and veneer and sheet mica. The knife is similar in design to the sickle. Like most cutting tools with hooked blades, the purpose of this design is to cut by pulling. This helps to reduce the wasted effort of simultaneously pressing the blade into the item as one would with a straight blade. It also allows the user to reach out and cut an item with the arm fully extended, such as during plant trimming or harvesting, or making a long continuous cut into a surface. This tool can also be used to pick locks by bypassing the safely latch in the doorjam.
lexicalization	eng: linoleum cutter
lexicalization	eng: linoleum knife
subclass of	(noun) edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle knife

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