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Knicker   Listen
noun
Knicker  n.  A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. (Prov. Eng. & U. S.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Knicker" Quotes from Famous Books



... globe lost in the splendid revelation of a glittering, soulless universe. I hate such skies. Daylight is friendly to man toiling under a sun which warms his heart; and cloudy soft nights are more kindly to our littleness. I nearly ran back again to my lighted parlour; Fyne fussing in a knicker-bocker suit before the hosts of heaven, on a shadowy earth, about a transient, phantom-like girl, seemed too ridiculous to associate with. On the other hand there was something fascinating in the very absurdity. ...
— Chance - A Tale in Two Parts • Joseph Conrad



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