BAREKNUCKLE

PRONUNCIATION: (BER-NUHK-uhl)

MEANING: adjective, adverb
1. Without using boxing gloves.
2. Rough; unrestrained by rules or scruples.

ETYMOLOGY: From bare, from Old English baer + knuckle, diminutive of Middle Low German knoke (bone). Earliest documented use: 1883.
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BAREKNICKLE - overgrowth on the bottom of an Scottish boat

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