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any fule kno

any fule kno phrase: any fool knows; it is well known.

Phrase

any fule kno

  1. (humorous) Any fool knows; it is well known.
    • The Manoir is expensive, any fule kno that. But there is little point, judging from reports, in worrying what else you might have done with the £25 charged for a first course of wild salmon and caviare.1995, Jim Ainsworth, Consumers' Association, Good Food Guide 1996, page 324
    • Mow Cop is in Cheshire as any fule kno, but in the great tradition of smaller copies of greater buildings (vide Corris, Blackpool, Lichfield, Kiparrissia) there is a model sham ruin inspired by [it][…]1999, Gwyn Headley, Wim Meulenkamp, Follies, grottoes & garden buildings, page 430

Origin of any fule kno

From as any fule kno (misspelled form of as any fool knows), a catchphrase of fictional schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, subject of a series of books by Geoffrey Willans.

Questions about any fule kno

What does any fule kno mean?
Any fule kno means any fool knows; it is well known.
What part of speech is any fule kno?
Any fule kno is a phrase.

Words near any fule kno in the dictionary

  1. any day now
  2. any day of the week
  3. any day of the week and twice on Sunday
  4. any day of the week and twice on Sundays
  5. any exposure is good exposure
  6. any fule kno
  7. any given Sunday
  8. any good
  9. any hole's a goal
  10. any longer
  11. any minute now

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