Old Doc, though well liked, boasted that all any man of his profession needed, really, were calomel and a good knife.

live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse &c (make merry) 840; eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet. break bread, break one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup. drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill [Slang], chugalug

want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of. be hungry &c adj.; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork; hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to.

have the stomach of an ostrich; play a good knife and fork &c (appetite)

"It is a good knife.

"I've seen a perfectly good knife spoiled opening a bottle of pickles.

He was wishing that Merle had kept the knife, even if it wasn't such a good knife, so he would have something to remember him by.

"It was a good knife, and he thought it worth while to go back and try to find it.

What we call a bad knife is a good knife not good enough for us; what we call a bad hat is a good hat not good enough for us; what we call bad cookery is good cookery not good enough for us; what we call a bad civilization is a good civilization not good enough for us.

Miss Sally plied (as she put it) a good knife and fork, and the Parson was hungry as a hunter should be.

Rome is not a very safe place for midnight pranks, and so I made him take a good knife in his waistbelt; for he had confided to me where he was going.

Picture to yourselves how I looked and how I felt: a sober old professor, as I am, stealing out in the night, all wrapped in a cloak as dark and shabby as any conspirator's; armed with a good knife in case of accidents; with beating heart, and doubting whether I could use my weapon if needful; and guided to the place of tryst by the confidential servant of a beautiful and unhappy maiden.