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knuckle sandwiches

knuckle sandwiches is the plural of knuckle sandwich.

Meaning of knuckle sandwich

Noun

knuckle sandwich (plural knuckle sandwiches)

  1. (slang) A punch to the face, especially to the mouth.
    • OKKIE. (Raises his fist, kissing the knuckles menacingly—follows her to bottom of steps.) How would you like a knuckle sandwich?1957, Jerome Chodorov, Joseph [Albert] Fields, Anniversary Waltz: Comedy in Three Acts, rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., →OCLC, page 20

Questions about knuckle sandwiches

What is knuckle sandwiches the plural of?
Knuckle sandwiches is the plural of knuckle sandwich.

Words near knuckle sandwiches in the dictionary

  1. knuckle duster
  2. knuckle dusters
  3. knuckle joint
  4. knuckle joints
  5. knuckle sandwich
  6. knuckle sandwiches
  7. knuckle to
  8. knuckle under
  9. knuckle up
  10. knuckle-buster
  11. knuckle-busters

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