Knuckledusters [noun]

Most of the farmers wore linen dusters and broad straw hats, but their women had put on all their finery.

He had their undivided attention in a moment, without the rapping of Miss Carringtons hard knuckle on the table top.

Bobby said that that knuckle of Gee Gees middle finger had been abnormally developed by continued bringing the class to order.

By chance he heard us warned for guard, and at once went to his tent and returned with a ham knuckle.

Three were used at a time, thrown from the fritillus, as were the knuckle-bones (Fig. 132), but the sides counted that came up.

If this rounding is carried to excess we get the Knuckle thread shown at (d).

I dont see why they should have bothered about having the dusters, but I suppose it was traditional.

Most of them look as if they had collected all the dish-clouts and dusters which had seen service and piled them on anyhow.

Meanwhile, put aside all that idea and knuckle down and help.

"Some of mother's dusters are very pretty, young woman," said her father.