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Strikebreaker or scab.

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Usage examples (21)
  • 'Now, Mr. Thornton, though "knobstick" has not a very pretty sound, is it not expressive?
  • About 4 P.M. returned our second messenger, bearing with him a reproving message from the Gerad, for not visiting him without delay; in token of sincerity, he forwarded his...
  • Nowt like a knobstick, lad, whether it be a man or a bit o 'wood.
  • Then he stoops to pick it up, and knobstick comes down on his head.
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