释义 |
postman's knock noun- a lock UK
Rhyming slang, ascribed to burglars when used by lockmakers Chubb’s in an advertisement. - — Daily Telegraph, 5 March 1962
- a clock UK
Rhyming slang, sometimes seen in an abbreviated form as ‘postman’s’. - — Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992
- in pool, a shot in which the cue ball hits the object ball twice in rapid succession, producing a knock-like sound US
- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 180, 1993
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