knobstickn.

Brit.

/ˈnɒbstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈnɑbˌstɪk/

Forms: see knob n. and stick n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: knob n., stick n.¹

Etymology: < knob n. + stick n.¹

a. A wooden club or cosh consisting of a short, heavy stick with a large rounded knob at the end; (often specifically) = knobkerrie n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun]

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treec893

cudgelc897

stinga900

bat?c1225

sticka1275

clubc1275

truncheon14..

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bastona1400

warderera1400

plantc1400

kibble1411

playloomc1440

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crab-tree comb1593

tomahawkc1612

billeta1616

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crab-bat1647

kibbo1688

Indian club1694

batterdasher1696

crab-stick1703

bloodwipea1705

bludgeon1730

kierie1731

oaken towel1739

crab1740

shillelagh1772

knobstick1783

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whirlbat1791

nulla-nulla1798

waddy1800

kevel1807

supple1815

mere1820

hurlet1825

knobkerrie1826

blackthorn1829

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twig1842

leangle1845

alpeen1847

banger1849

billy1856

thwack-stave1857

clump1868

cosh1869

nulla1878

sap1899

waddy1899

blunt instrument1923

1783 Old Poor Robin v. 39 Esquire Beetle with..a large Knob Stick in his Hand, sufficient to knock down an Ox.

1818 Times 12 Feb. If arms could not be found, the countrymen would come forward with knob sticks, and..he could himself raise 60,000 men with his finger.

1894 B. Mitford Curse Clement Waynflete vii. 241 The warrior's heavy knobstick, hurled with deadly precision.

1957 S. Rhodesian Law Rep. 1955: Decisions High Court S. Rhodesia 231 He disarmed the complainant and took the axe and the knobstick away from him.

2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 July (Travel section) 8 He is a Masai and carries a panga.., a knobstick and a bow and arrow.

b. A walking stick whose head takes the form of large rounded knob.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > stick or cane > [noun]

walking stick1580

cane1590

whangee1776

knobstick1854

1854 Notes & Queries 29 July 95/1 One old man rose and said emphatically, ‘They were no better men than his knobstick (walking-stick), and he could make as good men as them out o' it.’

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 3rd Ser. III. 546 The old King himself came up, handsomely dressed in leopard-skins, and walking slowly with a knob-stick.

1925 Santa Ana (Calif.) Reg. 25 Nov. 3/1 A distinction between walking sticks which is observed by many..men is to use the hooked handle for business..and to set aside the straight or knob stick for evening.

2015 Western Gaz. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 4 The coppice provides us with that wood that will be dried and seasoned for at least a year before being made into thumbsticks, knobsticks and hiking staffs.

2. British. depreciative.

a. A person who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union; a person who takes a striker's place; a strikebreaker, a scab; = blackleg n. 4a. Also: a person who fails or who refuses to join a trade union, or who breaks the rules of a trade or union, e.g. by working at a trade without serving an apprenticeship (cf. blackleg n. 4b). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking > refusing to strike

dung1765

scab1777

knobstick1794

leg1815

rat1824

nob1825

black1826

blackneb1832

blacknob1838

knob1839

snob1839

blackleg1844

snob-stick1860

non-striker1868

ratter1890

strike-breaker1904

1794 T. Gisborne Enq. Duties Men in Higher & Middle Classes xiii. 568 They refused to work for any master who would not accede to their proposal [not to take above a limited number of journeymen]... They were known by the appellation of Nob-Sticks.

1824 Brit. & Colonial Weekly Reg. 21 Aug. 268/1 You are considered worse than any nobstick that ever was in this place, although perhaps you do not think so.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. xvi. 297 Taken up last week for throwing vitriol in a knob-stick's face.

1932 Daily Mail 18 Aug. 9/3 The weavers working at the mills left for the day. They were booed and greeted with yells of ‘Knob sticks!’

2009 Novel 42 24 John Barton recounts the story of one trade unionist's imprisonment and repentance for his vitriol attack on a knobstick during a strike.

†b. In the possessive: a business or workplace where workers are employed on terms not recognized by a trade union. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > employer on non-union terms

knobstick1861

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 210/2 I next went to work at a under-priced hatter's, termed a ‘knobstick's’.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier (in sense 2).

a. Designating a worker who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union, or who takes a striker's place. Cf. sense 2a. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1827 Ann. Reg. 1826 ii. Chron. 151/2 One man, a weaver, was accused of being ‘a knobstick spinner’.

1856 R. W. Procter Barber's Shop 12 The ‘knobstick’ journeymen who were bribed to leave the town, returned in a few days to pursue their mischievous courses.

1902 Wool & Cotton Reporter 23 Jan. 104/1 The following day two of the ‘knobstick’ spinners of that mill were fined for drunkenness.

2018 T. Linehan Scabs & Traitors (e-book ed.) An era which saw the throwing of cans of gunpowder down the chimneys of the homes of knobstick workers in Sheffield in 1866.

b. Designating a business or workplace where workers are employed on terms not recognized by a trade union, as knobstick mill, knobstick shop. Cf. sense 2b. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1829 Standard 9 Nov. Three men rushed upon him.., and seized him, exclaiming, ‘We will teach you what it is to stop in a knobstick shop.’

1893 C. A. Clarke Knobstick xxii. 94 Let me see. I've heard of his foundry. Isn't it what is called a ‘knobstick’ shop?

1984 J. Liddington Life & Times Respectable Rebel 361 War was declared on this employer and his knobstick mill.

C2.

knobstick wedding n. now historical a wedding forced on a couple by parish officials when the woman is pregnant (typically to limit the number of claims on the poor rate for children born out of wedlock); cf. shotgun wedding n. at shotgun n. Compounds 2. [So called with reference to the presiding official's wand of office.]

ΚΠ

1826 Bristol Mercury 20 March This was a forced marriage, or, as it is vulgarly called, ‘a knob-stick wedding’.

2012 Law & Hist. Rev. 30 415 In the morning Bradley was escorted into Nottingham in an attempt to get a licence (this was to be another knobstick wedding).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knobstick
释义	knobstickn. Brit. /ˈnɒbstɪk/, U.S. /ˈnɑbˌstɪk/ Forms: see knob n. and stick n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: knob n., stick n.¹ Etymology: < knob n. + stick n.¹ 1. a. A wooden club or cosh consisting of a short, heavy stick with a large rounded knob at the end; (often specifically) = knobkerrie n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] sowelc893 treec893 cudgelc897 stinga900 bat?c1225 sticka1275 clubc1275 truncheon14.. bourdonc1325 bastona1400 warderera1400 plantc1400 kibble1411 playloomc1440 hurlbatc1450 ploykc1450 rung1491 libberlac1500 waster1533 batonc1550 macana1555 libbet1562 bastinado1574 crab-tree comb1593 tomahawkc1612 billeta1616 wiper1622 batoon1637 gibbeta1640 crab-bat1647 kibbo1688 Indian club1694 batterdasher1696 crab-stick1703 bloodwipea1705 bludgeon1730 kierie1731 oaken towel1739 crab1740 shillelagh1772 knobstick1783 pogamogganc1788 whirlbat1791 nulla-nulla1798 waddy1800 kevel1807 supple1815 mere1820 hurlet1825 knobkerrie1826 blackthorn1829 bastera1833 twig1842 leangle1845 alpeen1847 banger1849 billy1856 thwack-stave1857 clump1868 cosh1869 nulla1878 sap1899 waddy1899 blunt instrument1923 1783 Old Poor Robin v. 39 Esquire Beetle with..a large Knob Stick in his Hand, sufficient to knock down an Ox. 1818 Times 12 Feb. If arms could not be found, the countrymen would come forward with knob sticks, and..he could himself raise 60,000 men with his finger. 1894 B. Mitford Curse Clement Waynflete vii. 241 The warrior's heavy knobstick, hurled with deadly precision. 1957 S. Rhodesian Law Rep. 1955: Decisions High Court S. Rhodesia 231 He disarmed the complainant and took the axe and the knobstick away from him. 2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 24 July (Travel section) 8 He is a Masai and carries a panga.., a knobstick and a bow and arrow. b. A walking stick whose head takes the form of large rounded knob. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > stick or cane > [noun] walking stick1580 cane1590 whangee1776 knobstick1854 1854 Notes & Queries 29 July 95/1 One old man rose and said emphatically, ‘They were no better men than his knobstick (walking-stick), and he could make as good men as them out o' it.’ 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 3rd Ser. III. 546 The old King himself came up, handsomely dressed in leopard-skins, and walking slowly with a knob-stick. 1925 Santa Ana (Calif.) Reg. 25 Nov. 3/1 A distinction between walking sticks which is observed by many..men is to use the hooked handle for business..and to set aside the straight or knob stick for evening. 2015 Western Gaz. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 4 The coppice provides us with that wood that will be dried and seasoned for at least a year before being made into thumbsticks, knobsticks and hiking staffs. 2. British. depreciative. a. A person who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union; a person who takes a striker's place; a strikebreaker, a scab; = blackleg n. 4a. Also: a person who fails or who refuses to join a trade union, or who breaks the rules of a trade or union, e.g. by working at a trade without serving an apprenticeship (cf. blackleg n. 4b). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking > refusing to strike dung1765 scab1777 knobstick1794 leg1815 rat1824 nob1825 black1826 blackneb1832 blacknob1838 knob1839 snob1839 blackleg1844 snob-stick1860 non-striker1868 ratter1890 strike-breaker1904 1794 T. Gisborne Enq. Duties Men in Higher & Middle Classes xiii. 568 They refused to work for any master who would not accede to their proposal [not to take above a limited number of journeymen]... They were known by the appellation of Nob-Sticks. 1824 Brit. & Colonial Weekly Reg. 21 Aug. 268/1 You are considered worse than any nobstick that ever was in this place, although perhaps you do not think so. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. xvi. 297 Taken up last week for throwing vitriol in a knob-stick's face. 1932 Daily Mail 18 Aug. 9/3 The weavers working at the mills left for the day. They were booed and greeted with yells of ‘Knob sticks!’ 2009 Novel 42 24 John Barton recounts the story of one trade unionist's imprisonment and repentance for his vitriol attack on a knobstick during a strike. †b. In the possessive: a business or workplace where workers are employed on terms not recognized by a trade union. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > employer on non-union terms knobstick1861 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 210/2 I next went to work at a under-priced hatter's, termed a ‘knobstick's’. Compounds C1. As a modifier (in sense 2). a. Designating a worker who continues to work despite a ban or strike by a trade union, or who takes a striker's place. Cf. sense 2a. Now historical. ΚΠ 1827 Ann. Reg. 1826 ii. Chron. 151/2 One man, a weaver, was accused of being ‘a knobstick spinner’. 1856 R. W. Procter Barber's Shop 12 The ‘knobstick’ journeymen who were bribed to leave the town, returned in a few days to pursue their mischievous courses. 1902 Wool & Cotton Reporter 23 Jan. 104/1 The following day two of the ‘knobstick’ spinners of that mill were fined for drunkenness. 2018 T. Linehan Scabs & Traitors (e-book ed.) An era which saw the throwing of cans of gunpowder down the chimneys of the homes of knobstick workers in Sheffield in 1866. b. Designating a business or workplace where workers are employed on terms not recognized by a trade union, as knobstick mill, knobstick shop. Cf. sense 2b. Now historical. ΚΠ 1829 Standard 9 Nov. Three men rushed upon him.., and seized him, exclaiming, ‘We will teach you what it is to stop in a knobstick shop.’ 1893 C. A. Clarke Knobstick xxii. 94 Let me see. I've heard of his foundry. Isn't it what is called a ‘knobstick’ shop? 1984 J. Liddington Life & Times Respectable Rebel 361 War was declared on this employer and his knobstick mill. C2. knobstick wedding n. now historical a wedding forced on a couple by parish officials when the woman is pregnant (typically to limit the number of claims on the poor rate for children born out of wedlock); cf. shotgun wedding n. at shotgun n. Compounds 2. [So called with reference to the presiding official's wand of office.] ΚΠ 1826 Bristol Mercury 20 March This was a forced marriage, or, as it is vulgarly called, ‘a knob-stick wedding’. 2012 Law & Hist. Rev. 30 415 In the morning Bradley was escorted into Nottingham in an attempt to get a licence (this was to be another knobstick wedding). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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