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knucks
noun
knuckles; brass knuckles US, 1858- Crump’s cops shook them down nightly for pistols, Arkansas toothpicks, clubs, brass knucks, razors and ice picks. — Time, p. 20, 27 May 1946
- Carrying a knife and knucks is like wearing peg pants and a sharp hat. It’s like a part of a uniform. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 165, 1947
- Don’t forget the brass knucks. — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 29, 1954
- “There’s going to be a knuck or pipe in each group.” — Herbert Simmons, Corner Boy, p. 134, 1957
- Now when I had gone home to change clothes I had got my brass "knucks." These brass knuckles cost me fifteen dollars. — Henry Williamson, Hustler!, p. 95, 1965
- [T]he powerful swing of this brutal bull’s fist was made further effective by shiny new heavy brass "knucks" inserted over the fingers–probably being tested for the first time. — Neal Cassady, The First Third, p. 25, 1971
- Dig the contents: brass knucks and a .38 snubnose. — James Ellroy, Hollywood Nocturnes, p. 49, 1994
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