'Now, Mr. Thornton, though "knobstick" has not a very pretty sound, is it not expressive?. From Wordnik.com. [North and South] Reference
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 baton, a knobstick about two feet long, painted in rings of. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
Nowt like a knobstick, lad, whether it be a man or a bit o 'wood. From Wordnik.com. [Patience Wins War in the Works] Reference
Then he stoops to pick it up, and knobstick comes down on his head. From Wordnik.com. [Patience Wins War in the Works] Reference
"And they'll knobstick 'im for it if they know -- see if they don't!". From Wordnik.com. [Patience Wins War in the Works] Reference
"I fun this knobstick nigh a gap i 'th' hedge on th 'Knoll Road," he said. From Wordnik.com. [That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story] Reference
Acting on this hint the black devil held up the child, and was about to kill it with his knobstick. From Wordnik.com. [Allan's Wife] Reference
At dawn on the 26th December, mounted upon a little pony, came Sherwa, heir presumptive to the Gerad Adan's knobstick. From Wordnik.com. [First Footsteps in East Africa] Reference
As it chanced, though this was not their intention, in the confusion a heavy blow from a knobstick struck him on the temple. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Kings] Reference
In terms of industrial action, a snob was a ` blackleg or knobstick, who either refused to strike or undercut his fellows. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1] Reference
He might hit at you wi 'his own fisty, but it's more'n likely as he'll do it wi' some one else's, or wi 'a clog or a knobstick. From Wordnik.com. [Patience Wins War in the Works] Reference
It is a knobstick about a cubit long, made of some hard wood: the head is rounded on the inside, and the outside is cut to an edge. From Wordnik.com. [First Footsteps in East Africa] Reference
Horses News - Somali Pony At dawn on the 26th December, mounted upon a little pony, came Sherwa, heir presumptive to the Gerad Adan´s knobstick. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
Young men, representing the new spirit, wore a kind of uniform, with the badge of mourning on the arm, and a knobstick in their hands adapted to the Jacobin skull. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on the French Revolution] Reference
A great burly forger, whose red matted hair was powdered with coal-dust, and his face bloated with habitual intemperance, planted himself insolently before Henry, and said, in a very loud voice, "How many more trade meetings are we to have for one ---- knobstick?". From Wordnik.com. [Put Yourself in His Place] Reference
Sherwa, heir presumptive to the Gerad Adan’s knobstick. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
"DEAR SIR, -- I take the liberty of addressing you on the subject of your keeping on this knobstick, in defiance of them that has the power to make stones of Hillsborough too hot for you and him. From Wordnik.com. [Put Yourself in His Place] Reference
You'd be a knobstick. From Wordnik.com. [North and South] Reference
I don't believe you know what a knobstick is. '. From Wordnik.com. [North and South] Reference
I'm as tough as a white-thorn knobstick. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Garden] Reference
"Not till this ---- knobstick came," said another. From Wordnik.com. [Put Yourself in His Place] Reference
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