| 单词 | knobbly knees contest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknobbly knees contest British. Use of the noun phrase knobbly knees as a modifier in knobbly knees competition, knobbly knees contest: designating a light-hearted competition in which a prize is awarded to the competitor with the ‘knobbliest knees’, typically staged as an attraction at a holiday camp, summer fête, carnival, etc.Also occasionally with the noun phrase in the singular knobbly knee. ΚΠ 1938 Evening News (Portsmouth) 10 May 5/3 Knobbly knee competitions on the Pier. 1946 Skegness Standard 18 Sept. 3/2 Sunday afternoon at Butlin's Skegness Luxury Holiday Camp was as packed with entertainment and sport as usual. These two popular weekly competitions, the holiday lovely and knobbly knees contests, reached their semi-finals. 1968 Listener 12 Sept. 349/3 When I witness a theatrical ‘happening’ and ‘audience participation’ is urged upon me, I generally feel that I would sooner enter for a knobbly-knees competition at Butlin's. 2017 Gloucestershite Echo (Nexis) 26 Aug. 16 There will be a small dog show, a children's fancy dress competition..and the return of the ‘well-turned ankle’ and ‘knobbly knees’ contests—for men and women—by popular demand. < as lemmas |
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