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knuckleduster

knuckleduster is the alternative spelling of knuckle duster.

Meaning of knuckle duster

Noun

knuckle duster (plural knuckle dusters)

  1. (Australia, UK) A weapon made of metal worn around the knuckles that strengthens the impact of a punch.
    • “People like you will always be inferior to people like me ... Get fucking used to it,” the American soldier of fortune tells Leng during one of the film’s final blood-soaked battle scenes, as he prepares to puncture the Chinese hero’s throat with a razor-sharp knuckleduster.2017 September 23, Tom Phillips, “China finds its own Top Gun and Rambo in wave of patriotic movies”, in The Observer, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    brass knuckles

Forms of knuckleduster

pluralknuckledusters

Questions about knuckleduster

What is knuckleduster the alternative spelling of?
Knuckleduster is the alternative spelling of knuckle duster.

Words near knuckleduster in the dictionary

  1. knuckled to
  2. knuckled under
  3. knuckled up
  4. knuckledragger
  5. knuckledraggers
  6. knuckleduster
  7. knuckledusters
  8. knucklefuck
  9. knucklefucks
  10. knucklehead
  11. knuckleheaded

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