Примери за knuckle

• I ventured to enquire why he found it was necessary to borrow that amount and once more felt the ruler on my knuckles.

• A drum-like instrument played by striking with the knuckles and shaking.

• For example, the entry for knuckle contains the information that the k is likely to be omitted.

• The operative word is "immediately"; their knuckles were immediately rapped.

• I have sometimes had my knuckles rapped for taking an aggressive attitude.

• Some district health authorities could soon have their knuckles rapped unless there is a drop in the infant mortality rate.

• What we have to guard against is bias when it reaches the stage of being near the knuckle of libel.

• The fact that one knuckles under does not mean that one accepts the measure.

• Certainly, the unions have to knuckle down and be realistic and reasonable.

• Should we not toughen up the laws to include knuckle dusters and many other horrible things?

• The landlord will receive a rap over the knuckles, and only then will the enforcement procedure commence.

• If they subsequently appeared before a magistrate, they would receive a verbal rap over the knuckles and a conditional discharge.

• These rules applied to glove fighting as bare knuckle contests mercifully began to fade into obscurity.

• I know it is illegal but there is a growing movement for underground bare knuckle fighting and it happens whether we like it or not.

• Mentioning the north-east was rather near the knuckle.