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knock about

verb

intr, adverb to wander about aimlessly
intr, preposition to travel about, esp as resulting in varied or exotic experience
he's knocked about the world a bit
intr, adverbfoll bywith to associate
to knock about with a gang
tr, adverb to treat brutally
he knocks his wife about
tr, adverb to consider or discuss informally
to knock an idea about

a sailing vessel, usually sloop-rigged, without a bowsprit and with a single jib

Also, knock around .

We have tastes in common; for instance, we do not like knock-about brothers at a music-hall—they bore us.

Certainly Edward Pierson shrank from the rough touches of a knock-about philosophy.

He has collected his knock-about money, his shearing, and his harvest money about the end of January.

There's a knock-about pantomime outfit at the Canterbury—Martinetti I think the name is—that's damned good.

Jones brought me home on that neat little knock-about spad he's just bought.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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