"switch-bladed" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1954, Janet Page Murray, Clyde E. Murray, Guide Lines for Group Leaders: The why and how of Group Work:",
          "text": "The symbol may be expressed antisocially by carrying a liquor flask, a switch-bladed knife, or a zip gun.",
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          "ref": "1969, Motion Picture Herald - Volume 239, page 30:",
          "text": "Graham Crowden as Smythe, gang-killer with stiff upper lip and switch-bladed umbrella;",
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          "ref": "1977, Margot Dalton, A Family Likeness, →ISBN, page 87:",
          "text": "'Sweet enough for my strong teeth,' he rejoined, and taking a switch-bladed knife from his pocket he approached the peach espalier and cut from it several of the luscious-looking fruits.",
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          "ref": "2016, Angela Zeman, The Witch and the Borscht Pearl:",
          "text": "I slipped Ike's switch-bladed scaling knife from my bra and lunged.",
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          "ref": "1966, Triumph - Volumes 1-2, page 38:",
          "text": "And for these Negroes the question becomes: Will they join the switch-bladed white hoodlums and bearded hop-heads in a nihilistic revolt against civilization in general, against all form, cohesion and culture?",
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          "ref": "1997, Scott Heim, In Awe:",
          "text": "In daylight, she — it — appears less human, its lips raised scars, its eyes switch-bladed slits.",
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