(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A type of retractable utility knife with a replaceable blade.
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.
“If that didn't work, well, nothing some sellotape and a Stanley knife won't fix up, ya just gotta have the know-how.”
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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