brass knuckles

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

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Another 150 officers were injured by attackers who wielded baseball bats, pepper spray and brass knuckles. Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 The brass knuckles were discovered at a TSA checkpoint at New York John F. Kennedy Airport on Wednesday, January 22. Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 One of the suspects punched him in the face with brass knuckles, police were told. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025 Behind the band was a chain link fence topped with barbed wire, decorated with white flowers, silky ribbons, and brass knuckles. Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for brass knuckles 

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of brass knuckles was in 1855

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“Brass knuckles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brass%20knuckles. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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