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Knuckles

noun

A small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand. Synonyms: brass knuckles, brass knucks, knuckle duster, knucks.

Knuckle

noun

A joint of a finger when the fist is closed. Synonyms: knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint.

verb

(past & past part. knuckled; pres. part. knuckling)

Press or rub with the knuckles.

Shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground.

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... was for the moment forgotten. Mr. Ormond examined the box, turned it over first on one side then on the other, rapped the boards with his knuckles, and at ...

— Under Padlock and Seal • Charles Harold Avery

... Hubbard, "I know a place down on Park Row where they serve the best pigs' knuckles you ever ate. I used to go there for them when I was on the old Daily News. They cook them just right, and serve a big plate of nice greasy cabbage or sauerkraut with them, and a cup of pretty good coffee. We'll have to go there some time when ...

— The Lure of the Labrador Wild • Dillon Wallace

... wildness of his manner and the violence of his speech, he appeared to be acting a part which he had rehearsed beforehand. I was only angry, and stepping forward, I dealt him a very sharp rap with my knuckles on his chest. "Moderate your language, old man," I said; "remember that you are addressing ...

— Green Mansions - A Romance of the Tropical Forest • W. H. Hudson

... ain't," returned the lad, with the desperation of a cornered rat. "But I got a right to live. And I've lived worse'n a dorg on this bloody schooner. I'm fair striped an' bruised wi' boots an' knuckles an' ends o' rope. I'd 'ave chucked myself ...

— A Man to His Mate • J. Allan Dunn

... his knuckles into his red eyes, and began to whimper. Again it was hard for Tommy! He had followed Clare, thinking to supply what was lacking to him; to do for him what he was not clever enough to do for himself; in short, to make an advantageous partnership ...

— A Rough Shaking • George MacDonald

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