knuckle-duster

knuck·le-dust·er

[nuhk-uhl-duhs-ter]

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism

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knuckle-duster
 
n
(often plural) a metal bar fitted over the knuckles, often with holes for the fingers, for inflicting injury by a blow with the fist

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