"Knucks" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Fake away! [3] And my father, as I've heard say, Was a merchant of capers gay, [4 ] Who cut his last fling with great applause. Nix my doll, pals, fake away! [5] To the time of hearty choke with caper sauce. [6] Fake away! The knucks in quod did my schoolmen play, [7] Fake away! And put me up to the time of day, [8] Until at last there was none so knowing, No such sneaksman or buzgloak going, [9] Fake away! Fogles and fawnies soon went their way, [10] Fake away! To the spout with ...
— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer
... Charley King and George Heigold with Mitch. They were big boys about fourteen and knew a lot of things we didn't. They hunted with real guns and roasted chickens they hooked over in Fillmore's woods. They carried slings and knucks and used to go around with grown men, sometimes Joe Pink. I didn't like to have Mitch friends with these boys. It hurt me; and I was afraid of something, and they were not very friendly to me for some reason. But a few times I went to Charley King's to stay all night. His ...
— Mitch Miller • Edgar Lee Masters |
