Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hart or stag in its second year; a brocket.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) See knobbler.

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  • noun hunting, animal husbandry The hart in its second year; a young deer

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Examples

  • Other cars had to slow down to avoid a head on - and there were at least 4-cars in front of me that were doing the same speed. he made no progress at all … and that is the type that gets the tickets … Mr Lexus, BMW Mr knobber. on March 9, 2010 at 9: 06 am shijuro christ - how brave are you?

    The Implications Of Courting Popularity « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • In MY day job I am also a marketing manager, Alex, and I can say from experience that you are an incompetent knobber who knows NOTHING about marketing.

    The Apprentice - week six live blog Heidi Stephens 2010

  • You got it - it's all about making fun of the woman whose husband got a knobber in the oval office.

    "Who painted it?" asked Hillary Clinton, unaware that "the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was miraculously imprinted by Mary." Ann Althouse 2009

  • When was the last time someone wanted to give you a knobber?

    Think Progress » Bush: ‘We’ve Never Been Stay The Course’ 2006

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    Popularity in the 21st Century barbylon 2004

  • "The sergeant major picked up a compass, and the knobber didn't have a clue what he was doing with it," Dinger went on.

    Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993

  • In an office belonging to President Noriega he found three million US dollars in cash -- and the knobber actually got on the radio and reported it.

    Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993

  • Persons fond of hunting have invented peculiar terms by which the objects of their pursuit are characterized: thus the stag is called, the first year, a calf, or hind-calf; the second, a knobber; the third, a brock; the fourth, a staggard; the fifth, a stag; and the sixth, a hart.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • Persons fond of hunting have invented peculiar terms by which the objects of their pursuit are characterized: thus the stag is called, the first year, a calf, or hind-calf; the second, a knobber; the third, a brock; the fourth, a staggard; the fifth, a stag; and the sixth, a hart.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • And only to think now of the wonderful effect that there had upon her; with that very pot she gives the fellow as was standing treat a knobber on the head as lasted him three weeks.

    Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 2 1847

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