† knifelyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of the nature of a knife.
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knifely1548
1548–67 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Coltellate, strypes with a sword, or other knifely weapon.
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adj.1548- to have a bone in one's mouth
- to have a bone in one's throat
- to have a bone on
- to have a bone to pick
- to have a bone to pick with a person
- to have a brick in one's hat
- to have a bug in one's ear
- to have a bug up one's arse
- to have a bug up one's ass
- to have a bug up one's etc
- to have a burn
- to have a buster
- to have a canary
- to have a care
- to have a case on
- to have a chinaman's chance
- to have a chip at
- to have a chip on one's shoulder
- to have a cobweb in the throat
- to have a cockshot at
- to have a cockshy at
- to have a cow
- to have a crack
- to have a crap
- to have a crow to pluck or pull rarely pick with any one