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A round handle.

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Usage examples (38)
  • The hobbit hole had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle.
  • Turn the upper-left knob so that the flat side of the knob is facing Southeast
  • Turn the lower-left knob so that the flat side of the knob is facing Northeast
  • Turn the upper-right knob so that the flat side of the knob is facing Southwest
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  • Hit your "nob" (head) on a "knob" (round handle) and it will be knobby in minutes.
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