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knob rot

knob rot noun: a sexually transmitted disease (when contracted by a man).

Noun

knob rot (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang, vulgar) A sexually transmitted disease (when contracted by a man).
    • galloping knob rot
    • The Raff's getting like the boy scouts. The old regulars, they didn't think you were properly in until you'd gone down with galloping knob rot […]1966, Gordon M. Williams, chapter 2, in The Camp, London: Mayflower, page 23

Forms of knob rot

alternative formknob-rot

Questions about knob rot

What does knob rot mean?
Knob rot means a sexually transmitted disease (when contracted by a man).
What part of speech is knob rot?
Knob rot is a noun.

Words near knob rot in the dictionary

  1. knob locks
  2. knob mudalia
  3. knob of butter
  4. knob polisher
  5. knob polishers
  6. knob rot
  7. knob twiddler
  8. knob twiddlers
  9. knob-and-tube
  10. knob-end
  11. knob-ends

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