fart-knocker

Noun

fartknocker (plural fartknockers)

1. (derogatory, slang) A contemptible or annoying person.
   • He ran off, laughing and screaming. Dud jumped up and gave chase. "You little fart knocker," he said, clomping away, long-legged, into the dark. "Bring back here my Hubert Terrapins."1971, Nolan Porterfield, A Way of Knowing: A Novel, Harper's Magazine Press, page 112
2. (derogatory, slang) A homosexual man.
   • "That little fartknocker didn't leave us any money, and he said it was going to be on him."
     "That's all right, I've got money," Elaine said. "He's so funny; I love him. He's always chasing some man."1995, Krandall Krauss, The President's Son, Alyson Publications, →ISBN, page 92
3. (informal) An instance of being thrown from, or hitting the ground after being thrown from, a horse.
   • […] and, as one cowboy said, "I didn't get settled in the saddle before that hoss shore sent me on a fart knocker."1971, Ramon F. Adams, The Cowman Says It Salty, University of Arizona Press, published 1971, page 70