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  • knucks hole
    (cf. Vir. nogle idem (Emanuel 1972: 84); cf. Brit. dial. North knuckley-hole a game played with marbles ... the loser in
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  • knuck, knock
    [cf. US dial. South knucks knuckles WEA; cf. OED knockle knuckle obs.→1800's] n. 1. knuckle: 1918 His two knuck bone
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  • know to
    [W Car.; cf. Sp. saber hacer (lit, know to do) know how to do] v. phr. to know how to
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  • knotty-head
    [Car.; cf. KNOTTY] n. a person with short, tightly curled hair that is difficult to comb. (Black)
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  • knotty dread
    [cf. Jam, natty a Rastafarian; unkempt hair; dreadlocks (Pollard 1980:19); cf. DREAD] n. a young person who favors the Rastafarian
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  • knotty
    [Car., US Black idem ESEA] adj. (of hair) tightly curled. cf. KNOTTY-HEAD (Black)
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  • knock-taw-take
    [cf. TAW marble] n. a variation in the game of marbles in which those marbles won are kept. (Black)
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  • knocks down
    (Mayag., Inagua); knacks down (Crooked) [cf. OED knock-down irresistible, and Scots knack to knock CSD] adj. dressed up.
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  • knock
    See KNUCK
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  • knock
    v. 1. [Atlantic] to strike (a person): 1918 He kill de nex' wife, knock him up (Parsons 52). (Black) 2.
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