"switch blade" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: switch blades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} switch blade (plural switch blades)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see switch, blade.
    Sense id: en-switch_blade-en-noun-x4UPJOr4
  2. Alternative form of switchblade Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: switchblade
    Sense id: en-switch_blade-en-noun-n4SAtVbe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, Jessica Badrick, In Too Deep",
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