knuckle-dustv.
/ˈnʌkldʌst/, U.S. /ˈnək(ə)lˌdəst/ transitive. To strike with a knuckle-duster.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > strike with specific blunt weapon [verb (transitive)]
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1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 151 The brief affray during which two of the attackers were knuckledusted and knocked out by the brave Lorrainer.
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ˈknuckle-dusting n.
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1909 Daily Chron. 29 Dec. 1/7 One boy..got the robber's head under his arm and gave it a knuckle-dusting.
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