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knuck

/nʌk/
/nʊk/ Ireland, Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌk

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Clipping of knuckle.

noun knucks

archaic, slang A thief or pickpocket. There is a house in Cherry street, not far from Catherine Market […]. A little to the north of its door stands an old-time tree; and for many a year it has been known to the “crossmen” and “knucks” of the town as “Jack Circle's watering place” and “fence.”
in plural, often, slang A knuckle duster.
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@misc{knuck_2026,
  title = {knuck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knuck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}