What does knack-kneed mean?
Knack-kneed means (UK, dialect) Alternative form of knock-kneed..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of knock-kneed..
Knack-kneed and bent twa fauld; / He had a wife, and by my faith, / She was baith big and bauld.
This filly race made the folks round them to flock, / But knack-kneed Mall Trollop came in for the smock.
Otway was knack-kneed and according to village folk, cute and a dapster farmer, terms that Fane had taken to be scurrilous.
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Knack-kneed means (UK, dialect) Alternative form of knock-kneed..
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Knack-kneed and bent twa fauld; / He had a wife, and by my faith, / She was baith big and bauld.
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