Had knobbly knees. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
At the updated resorts, events such as knobbly knees competitions are distant memories. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Disaster for consumers: EU to allow oddly curved cucumbers and "knobbly" carrots in supermarkets!. From Wordnik.com. [The Shotgun] Reference
The plant stood a foot high on a knobbly green stalk. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
The plants stood a foot tall on knobbly green stalks. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
"And his hands are very knobbly and bony, " said Daisy. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Missing Man]
He gripped his knobbly staff, leaning against the table. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Unconquered]
Hers was knobbly, deformed by the disease in her joints. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Then he pushed out a little, knobbly hand and said, 'From London, eh?. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder of Quality]
It showed her and her back was all knobbly, sticking out, it was vile. From Wordnik.com. [fuct-up-girl Diary Entry] Reference
The big-sized chair was upholstered in ankylosaur skin and too knobbly. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
It was knobbly and jagged and of a pearly, or perhaps an ivory, colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]
Is not a woman's hand twice beautiful on the knobbly hairy paw of a man?. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
"Why-" he began, then stopped and swallowed, knobbly Adam's apple bobbing. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
"She even had knobbly hands, " put in Bets, -and we noticed them specially!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Missing Man]
I came back up over a knobbly hill, and I witnessed an accident on the roadway. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Goes The Weasel]
Perhaps the time has come when at least a knobbly stick would be a good defence. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Taita had warned them that his bald and knobbly skull was a deadly battering ram. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
Alien, knobbly things, strangely at variance with the feminine curves of her legs. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-12-01] Reference
Yes - the right height - a moustache and beard - intelligent eyes - knobbly hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Missing Man]
The seats are wide, upholstered with a dark, knobbly cloth, and rock back and forth. From Wordnik.com. [A Movie Theater as Comfy as Our Sofa] Reference
A hard-scaled thing with six knobbly arms and a head like a washtub guarded the door. From Wordnik.com. [In Alien Hands]
Thin and knobbly, her legs stuck out of her hot-pink shorts in the summer like spindles. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Pier]
The tomatoes should be the knobbly French Marmande, some really ripe plum tomatoes if not. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Slater's classic salade Niçoise recipe] Reference
Thus Louis's breakfast and lunch were meat broiled by a flashlight-laser, and knobbly red fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
They also carried knobbly sticks, used for hitting each other while the teachers weren't looking. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]
He strode forward, pushed the boys back, and raised his arms and his ancient knobbly staff into the air. From Wordnik.com. [Mostly Harmless]
The trees looked 200 feet tall, young and knobbly, Giacomettiâ ™ s holding vines likes skeins of wool. From Wordnik.com. [The Canvass] Reference
Spinning a reluctant Murtagh around, he yanked up the grubby shirt to show a knobbly spine and prominent ribs. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
It was bright red, very high, had thick and knobbly tyres, and looked as though it had been designed for racing. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
He thought what a beautiful thing a woman's hand was, set beside the knobbly, hairy paw of a man, "Oh," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
The jungle was a riotous tangle of brush and vines, knobbly vines as thick as your arm with spikes like tenpenny nails. From Wordnik.com. [1968]
Her hindquarters flexed sharply and the foal slid smoothly onto the clean hay in a slither of knobbly legs and big ears. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
The Duchess was knitting — she declared it was the only form of war work she was fit for — some remarkably knobbly socks. From Wordnik.com. [Presumption of Death]
The plant produces a number of small tubers which somewhat resemble potatoes, but have much larger eyes and are often knobbly. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 20] Reference
They slid-scrambled down to the floor-but the only place to run was toward the monster, and his huge, hairy, knobbly legs barred the way. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
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