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knag

British  
/ næɡ /

noun

  1. a knot in wood

  2. a wooden peg

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Etymology

Origin of knag

C15: perhaps from Low German knagge

Example Sentences

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Then you may let it hang on the knag where it is all day.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

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