Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Brass knuckles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
knuckle
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
knuckle duster .
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Examples
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DuPont moved and fought like a professional boxer – and on each fist he had a savage knuckle-duster with spikes on the outer edge.
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DuPont moved and fought like a professional boxer – and on each fist he had a savage knuckle-duster with spikes on the outer edge.
Spell of Magic – Part 9 « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2008
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I see beastly flashbulbs of many thingummies moving in the landfall without the slightest knuckle-duster of the landfall I see all the many thingummies going about the landfall.
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I slipped my revolver into my right-hand pocket and a knuckle-duster over my left fist, where it was ready and yet would not stop me from being able to work my flashlight.
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The old man, perhaps mistaking the signet ring for a knuckle-duster, put some space between them.
Disordered Minds Walters, Minette 2003
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Her fist encased in a knuckle-duster hit Marie square between the eyes.
faceless Cole, Martina 2001
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He slipped the knife, the knuckle-duster and the revolver into his overcoat pocket, and with apparent unconcern searched in every corner of the place, even opening the ice-box and the telephone booth.
In the Rue Pigalle Simenon, Georges 1977
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This was the case with Christiani who, ten years previously, when arrested, had promptly struck Maigret with his knuckle-duster and who was now owner of a couple of “houses” in Paris and another at Barcelonnette.
In the Rue Pigalle Simenon, Georges 1977
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He would doubtless have changed his mind on seeing Maigret suddenly glance at the camelhair overcoat belonging to one of the customers and hanging on the coat-rack, go up to it, thrust his hand into the pockets and pull out a knuckle-duster; and then on hearing the Superintendent remark goodhumouredly:
In the Rue Pigalle Simenon, Georges 1977
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“And your knuckle-duster only cost me a couple of teeth …”
In the Rue Pigalle Simenon, Georges 1977
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