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• anthony

  The favourite or smallest pig in the litter.--To follow like a tantony pig, i.e. St. Anthony's pig; ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Knock

  ·noun A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. II. Knock ·vt To strike for admittance; to rap ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Knock

  "Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room,...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• knock

  To knock a woman; to have carnal knowledge of her. To knock off; to conclude: phrase borrowed from t...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Munday, Anthony

  (1553-1633) Dramatist, poet, and pamphleteer, s. of a draper in London, appears to have had a somew...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of

  (1671-1713) Philosopher, b. in London, grandson of the 1st Earl, the eminent statesman, the "Achito...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Trollope, Anthony

  (1815-1882) Novelist, s. of Thomas Anthony T., a barrister who ruined himself by speculation, and o...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wood, or À Wood, Anthony

  (1632-1695) Antiquary, was b. at Oxf., where he was ed. and spent most of his life. His antiquarian...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• "Hope, Anthony"

  see Hawkins, Anthony Hope. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• anthony pig

  the favourite, or smallest pig of the litter or farrow. Kent. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Knock-knee

  ·noun A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee. ...

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• Knock-kneed

  ·adj Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. ...

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• Knock-off

  ·add. ·adj That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off. II. Knock-off ·add. ·noun Act or plac...

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• Knock-out

  ·add. ·noun Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out. II. Knock-out ·add. ·adj That knock...

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• knock-down

  v. generally of a cheque. To spendriotously, usually in drink. 1869. Marcus Clarke, `Peripatetic P...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to knock down

  A word used at auctions. 'This article is knocked down to you, sir;' meaning, that you are the purch...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock round

  To go about. I'm going to New York and Boston, and all about thar, and spend the summer until picki...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock under

  A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson. For ten times ten, and that's a...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock up

  To wear out with fatigue.--Halliwell. It is the constant labour, unvaried by the least relaxation, ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Froude, James Anthony

  (1818-1894) Historian and essayist, 3rd s. of the Archdeacon of Totnes, Devonshire, near which he w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hawkins, Anthony Hope ("Anthony Hope")

  (b. 1863) Novelist. The Prisoner of Zenda, The God in the Car, Dolly Dialogues, Rupert of Hentzau, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• (St.) Anthony, Hospital of

  On the north side of Threadneedle Street (S. 181). In Broad Street Ward. Stow tells us that there wa...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Knock-out drops

  ·add. ·- Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, ·etc. ...

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• knock me down

  Strong ale or beer, stingo. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• (St.) Bartholomew beside St. Anthony

  See St. Bartholomew by the Exchange. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to knock a man over

  to knock him down. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• knock off work and carry deals

  A term used to deride the idea of any work, however light, being relaxation; just as giving up takin...

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