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ˈknuckle-ˌdeep, adv.
Up to the knuckles; with the whole hand in; hence fig., deeply, ‘up to the hilt’.
1589Pappe w. Hatchet (1844) 41 Haue with thee knuckle deepe, it shall neuer bee said that I dare not venter mine eares where Martin hazards his necke. 1629Massinger Picture iii. i, Methinks I am already Knuckle-deep in the flesh-pots. 1765Cowper Lett. Wks. 1837 XV. 4, I dare say you were knuckle-deep in contrabands. 1829Scott Anne of G. xiii, Shall we..be knuckle-deep in the English budgets. |