knuckle duster

See also: knuckleduster and knuckle-duster

English

Alternative forms

• knuckleduster

Pronunciation

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Noun

knuckle duster (plural knuckle dusters)

1. (British, Australia) A weapon made of metal worn around the knuckles that strengthens the impact of a punch.

   Synonym: (US) brass knuckles

   • 2017 September 23, Tom Phillips, “China finds its own Top Gun and Rambo in wave of patriotic movies”, in The Observer‎, →ISSN:

     “People like you will always be inferior to people like me ... Get fucking used to it,” the American soldier of fortune tells Leng during one of the film’s final blood-soaked battle scenes, as he prepares to puncture the Chinese hero’s throat with a razor-sharp knuckleduster.

Translations

weapon worn around the knuckles — see brass knuckles