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Knive vs Knave - What's the difference?

knive | knave |

As a verb knive

is .

As a noun knave is

(archaic) a boy; especially, a boy servant.

knive

English

Verb

(head)

    • Usage notes

    This misspelling is based on the mistaken assumption that , which is identical to the noun form. ----

    knave

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
  • (archaic) Any male servant; a menial.
  • A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
  • *
  • *:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
  • *1977 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), (The Canterbury Tales) , Penguin Classics, p. 204:
  • *:God's bones! Whenever I go to beat those knaves / my tapsters, out she [my wife] comes with clubs and staves, / "Go on!" she screams — and its a caterwaul — / "You kill those dogs! Break back and bones and all!"
  • (cards) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

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    * See also

    Derived terms

    * knavery * knavish