alphonsine
/alˈfɒnsiːn/ /alˈfɒnsɪn/(also Alphonsine) Surgery. Now historical and rare
noun
A kind of three-pronged forceps used especially for the extraction of bullets.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Randle Holme (1627–1700), herald painter. From the name of AlfonsoFerri, Italian surgeon + -ine, after French Alphonsin.
- knock someone/thing about (or around)
- knock someone/thing into shape
- knock someone up
- knock something back
- knock something down
- knock something into a cocked hat
- knock something off
- knock something on the head
- knock something out
- knock something over
- knock something together
- knock something up
- knock spots off
- knock the bottom out of
- knock the socks off
- knock up
- knockwurst
- knodden
- knogged
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- Knopf, Alfred A.
- knopper gall