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knucks

noun as in brass knuckles

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And as for the pummeling I got afterward with the knucks—that was my own lookout—the railroad company is not to blame for that.

Bars were in full swing, brass knucks, pistols and knives glinted here and there.

Many of the young men carry home-made billies or “brass knucks.”

"One-ear" Mike relied upon a pair of brass knucks—an heirloom in the family.

He didn't have no knucks, boys—that hard-hoofed granger just naturally tore into the Dutchman with his bare hands.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to knucks, such as: brass knucks, knuckle-dusters, and knuckles.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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