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ˈknuckle-dust, v.
[Back-formation from knuckle-duster.]
trans. To strike with a knuckle-duster. So ˈknuckle-dusting vbl. n.
1909Daily Chron. 29 Dec. 1/7 One boy..got the robber's head under his arm and gave it a knuckle-dusting. 1962V. Nabokov Pale Fire 151 The brief affray during which two of the attackers were knuckledusted and knocked out by the brave Lorrainer. |