butcher knife

noun, a large broad-bladed multi-purpose knife (note that common definitions of the term refer to cutting meat, but the quotes reference broader applications)

“Mother had a butcher knife in there to cut off pieces of cake and bring them out to the table, and the butcher knife happened to be laying there…”

“She had this butcher knife. I still have it over there. It’s a great big knife.”

“She’d go up and she’d spend maybe 15 extra minutes a morning chopping the burdock down up at the church.”
“The butcher knife?”
“Yeah with the butcher knife! Yeah I still remember that too. I still have the knife.”