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Yellow knife - located in canada is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.

Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after a local Dene tribe, who were known as the "Copper Indians" or "Yellowknife Indians", today incorporated as the Yellowknives

Dene First Nation. They traded tools made from copper deposits near the Arctic Coast. The Wildcat Cafe is a vintage log cabin structure in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada and represents the mining camp style of early Yellowknife. The structure, which houses a summer restaurant, is located in what was then the central business district of the city it is the oldest restaurant in Yellowknife.

The Gold Range Bar, (also known as The Strange Range and listed in the circa 1989 phonebook as such) one of the oldest and most colourful drinking establishments in the Northwest Territories.

Yellowknife hosted the inaugural 1970 Arctic Winter Games, and has since hosted athletes and artists from circumpolar regions at the biennial multi-sport and multi-cultural event in 1984, 1990, 1998, and 2008 Arctic Winter Games.
Yellow Knife ,Established in 1934 Incorporation (city) January 1,1970

Perfect place to hide from the Law

If you screw up in Mexico or the USA

Because your way way up north in Canada
Not many people know about this place .
by Blu_leef January 16, 2023
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Knife Play

When used in a sexual context it refers to the use of a blade to enhance a sexual experience. Knife play may be used in a variety of ways depending on the individuals sexual preference. It may range from simply showing the knife to instill fear, sensually running the knife along the partner possibly creating light cuts to heighten sensitivity and excitement, to even heavy pain inflicting gashes that cause permanent scarring.
I exposed her to a form of knife play that bettered our sex life indefinitely.
by Sayjo March 26, 2008
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Portuguese Knife fight

Popularized by “Cage the elephant” in reference to the knife technique women from the Azores learn at a young age said to be able to kill under eight seconds and practiced on pigs.
“Don’t mess with Fatima, she knows how to Portuguese knife fight.”
by Britishbeans October 30, 2020
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Knife monopoly

Basically a normal Monopoly game but the losers all get a knife placed in them
John: Hey guys anybody want to play knife Monopoly?
Jeff:
Harry:
Joshua:
Erik:
John: Oh shit I forgot I won last game
by Vortexpug July 22, 2019
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Twisting the knife

Adding insult to injury; rubbing salt in the wounds; making a bad situation worse.
As if the Eurozone crisis wasn't hard enough on the public, the politicians' apparent lack of concern has been twisting the knife.
by Dr Fishcake October 23, 2012
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Knife

Great tool primarily used for cutting flesh and plant tissue. It's use has gone down since the invention of the gun.
Get me the knife, I need to see my ex.
by Iamawesomedog May 19, 2018
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toe knife

a culinary knife used by Frank Reynolds (played by Danny DeVito) of cult hit sit-com It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to scrape foul matter from beneath his toenails, causing other characters to comment on their disgust. The knife is probably riddled with disease. Frank uses the knife for other things such as eating.
"Heyo Frank what you doin'?"
"Just usin' my toe knife to cut this bread"

"That's disgusting Frank"
by it'sgatsbybitch June 21, 2016
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