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/ˈnʌkəlsəm/ · adjective
(literal and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly..
He was wearing his high school ring, a Florida ring, an ugly garnet stone with a turd shape engraved on it—a manatee, the high school mascot— which caused Kiwi to look down at his own naked, knucklesome fingers in alarm.
It was in my early non-league days at Hayes, Wycombe Wanderers and Hendon where I learned my more knucklesome trade.
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Knucklesome means (literal and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly..
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He was wearing his high school ring, a Florida ring, an ugly garnet stone with a turd shape engraved on it—a manatee, the high school mascot— which caused Kiwi to look down at his own naked, knucklesome fingers in alarm.
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