Saturday, May 11, 2013

An unusual sentence that I have found is on page 14 to 15. "The poor man Squalled terribly, and the colonel and his officers were in much pain, especially when they saw me take out my penknife" (Swift, 14-15). This seemed peculiar to me because of the fact that I have never heard of what a penknife is. Is this word literally an object that is described as a pen and a knife combined? However, this could just be slang for another object too.

1 comment:

  1. penknives are just an older word for a pocketknife or folding knife, and theyre called that because they were originally used for sharpening pens or pencils.

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