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Definition of Knuckle duster
1. Noun. A small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand.
Generic synonyms: Arm, Weapon, Weapon System
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Knuckle duster
1. Noun. (British) A weapon made of metal worn around the knuckles that strengthens the impact of a punch; brass knuckles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knuckle Duster
Literary usage of Knuckle duster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"Knuckle-duster, an iron or brass instrument which covers the knuckles so as to
protect them ... Sometimes a KNUCKLE-DUSTER has knobs or points projecting, ..."
2. The Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and Ethnography by Joseph Deniker (1900)
"However, implements recalling at first sight the "knuckle-duster," but which
differ from it by their amygdaloidal form and their straight edges ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1863)
"There was a third ruffian, named Marks, concerned in the crime, and was the man
who used the " knuckle-duster," but he had been caught in another assault of ..."
4. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"Perhaps the reader may be aware that the Transatlantic " knuckle-duster " is
fitted on the hand in the same manner, only its object is to strike a heavy ..."
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