knockers

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knockers

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From the verb knock + -er, an agentive suffix. The slang term for breasts is attested since the 1940s. For fuller etymology see knock.

noun

plural plural of knocker

noun

plural, plural only, slang A woman's breasts. […] from the Rev. Mr. Cannaday, “who winks at you to show that he’s one of the boys,” to the thrice-married Norma Norbridge, “who leans on her knockers instead of her elbows when she sits at a table.”
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@misc{knockers_2026,
  title = {knockers},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knockers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}