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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Knuckle-duster A metal instrument which is fitted to a man's fist, and may be readily used in self-defence by striking a blow. Sometimes these instruments are armed with spikes. It was an American invention, and was used in England in defence against the infamous attacks of Spring-heel Jack. We have the phrase "To dust your jacket for you," meaning to "beat you," as men dust carpets by beating them. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "KNUCKLE-DUSTER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "KNUCKLE-DUSTER" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "KNUCKLE-DUSTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | bokszer (brass knuckler, brass knuckles, knuckle duster, knuckles). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | uckle-dusterknay knogjärn (knuckle duster). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-k-k-l-n-r-s-t-u-u" | |
-4 letters: clustered, encrusted, knucklers, undercuts, underlets, unsecured. | |
-5 letters: censured, clunkers, cruelest, cultured, cultures, deluster, dentures, drunkest, ductules, esculent, knuckled, knuckler, knuckles, lecterns, lectured, lectures, lucernes, lustered, rednecks, relucent, relucted, resulted, rundlets, sederunt, sklented, strucken, suckered, truckled, truckles, trundles, tuckered, uncurled, uncursed, undercut, underlet, underset, unrested, unrusted, untucked. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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