Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knobstick

/ˈnɒbstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: knob-stick
IPA: /ˈnɒbstɪk/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stick with a rounded knob at the end.

noun

One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union.

Slang

Example Sentences

"The “Budd”, or Somali club, resembles the Kafir “Tonga”. It is a knobstick, about a cubit long, made of some hard wood: the head is rounded on the inside, and the outside is cut to an edge."
"‘Don’t you see what you would be? You’d be a knobstick. You'd be taking less wages than the other labourers—all for the sake of another man’s children. Think how you’d abuse any poor fellow who was willing to take what he could get to keep his own children. You and your Union would soon be down upon him […]’"
"The mill agents, it was rumored, supplied the knobsticks with beer and whiskey, fearing to let them walk the streets."

Etymology

From knob + stick.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈnɒbstɪk/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

knobsticks (plural)

Synonyms

abaa

Questions

How do you pronounce knobstick?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɒbstɪk/.
What does knobstick mean?: A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
Where does knobstick come from?: From knob + stick.

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