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knuckle-duster
[ nuhk-uhl-duhs-ter ]
knuckle-duster
noun
- often plural a metal bar fitted over the knuckles, often with holes for the fingers, for inflicting injury by a blow with the fist
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Word History and Origins
Origin of knuckle-duster1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Example Sentences
We called him the "distinguished knuckle-duster;" and he called himself, the "famous artilleryman."
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I have used a hand-bayonet which sticks out from the fist like a knuckle-duster and is about six inches long.
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There were papers in his coat, also a knuckle-duster, a big clasp-knife, and an automatic pistol.
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This she proposed to do with the help of a knuckle-duster, which she produced and gave to Gaudry.
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He had the medal in it still between his fingers, using it like a knuckle-duster.
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