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An old blunt-edged knife, that pressmen lay by, to scrape their balls with. — M.
It is generally an old table knife; but a sharp-edged one is better than a blunt one, if it be carefully used. The use of the Ball Knife is now nearly superseded by the adoption of composition rollers.
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