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Definition of Knockabouts
1. knockabout [n] - See also: knockabout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knockabouts
Literary usage of Knockabouts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register For by Horace Greeley (1899)
"... and In the six days of continuous racing the home fleet came out a long way
ahead. Out of the thirty-five one-design knockabouts ordered for the ..."
2. The Woman's Book of Sports: A Practical Guide to Physical Development and by Jahial Parmly Paret (1901)
"Besides the catboats and the sloop-rigged yachts, there are also schooners, which
are vessels with two masts and many sails, and knockabouts, a new class of ..."
3. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1912)
"We have a class of six Gerry Emmons one-design racing dories and several Northern
i8-foot knockabouts, such as Blossom, now Alpha Tau, and Gertrude II. ..."
4. American Yachting by William Picard Stephens (1904)
"Early in 1894 the majority of the owners of the knockabouts united for the
protection of the class before it should be improved out of existence, ..."
5. American Yachting by William Picard Stephens (1904)
"Early in 1894 the majority of the owners of the knockabouts united for the
protection of the class before it should be improved out of existence, ..."
6. The Drama, Painting, Poetry, and Song: Embracing a Complete History of the by Albert Ellery Berg (1884)
"The " knockabouts " have to be padded from head to feet, and some have pads made
like a suit of underwear, ir.-o which they slip. ..."
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