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knob-twiddlers

knob-twiddlers is the plural of knob-twiddler.

Meaning of knob-twiddler

Noun

knob-twiddler (plural knob-twiddlers)

  1. (informal) A technician whose job entails adjusting electronic devices via knobs.
    • Mr. Telson was a confirmed knob-twiddler. Often he would work along the whole range of his radio, to 'see what he could get.'1949, Bernard Newman, Shoot!, page 207

Questions about knob-twiddlers

What is knob-twiddlers the plural of?
Knob-twiddlers is the plural of knob-twiddler.

Words near knob-twiddlers in the dictionary

  1. knob-rash
  2. knob-rot
  3. knob-thatcher
  4. knob-thatchers
  5. knob-twiddler
  6. knob-twiddlers
  7. Knobbe
  8. knobbed
  9. knobbed whelk
  10. knobbed whelks
  11. knobber

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