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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Knockabout

Knockabout (knockabout)
n.(?)
Knock"a*bout`
  1. A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty- five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.
  2. A knockabout performer or performance.
    [Theat. Slang]
  3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.
    [Colloq., Australia]

Knockabout

Knockabout (knockabout)
a.(?)
Knock"a*bout`
  1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
  2. Of noisy and violent character.
    [Theat. Slang]
  3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.
  4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station.
    [Collog., Australia]












Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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