| 单词 | to offer or give a knee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto offer or give a knee b. to offer or give a knee, to act as second in a pugilistic encounter, it being customary for a second to give a principal the support of his knee between the rounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > act as second to offer or give a knee1847 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) v. 37 Everybody was anxious to have the honour of offering the conqueror a knee. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 321 Tom, with..Martin to give him a knee, steps out on to the turf. < as lemmas |
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