| 单词 | down on the knuckle-bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdown on the knuckle-bone 1. Any bone forming a knuckle; the rounded end, at the joint, of any of the bones of the fingers; also, †the projecting bone of the knee or elbow (obsolete). down on the knuckle-bone, hard-up (slang). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > [noun] > bones of knee or elbow knuckle-bone1577 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of hand > [noun] > bone at finger-joint knucklec1440 knuckle-bone1577 knubble1671 the mind > possession > poverty > in impoverished state [phrase] to the boneOE to be out at elbow(sa1616 in (also at) low water1785 down on the knuckle-bone1883 (down) on one's uppers1886 on the rocks1889 down and out1901 on the outer1915 1577 J. Dee 11 Mar. in Private Diary (1842) 3 My fall uppon my right nuckul bone. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon ii. i. 13 Bless me, what an Arm and Fist he has..and Knuckle-bones of a very Butcher. 1883 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 2/1 Some one who was ‘down on the knuckle-bone’ in consequence of having been ‘put away’ since the previous October. < as lemmas |
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