knuckle-dabs (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

knuckle-dabs

KNUCKLE-CONFOUNDERS

Ruffles.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

to knuckle one’s wipe * konoblin rig

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1721 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

knight of the trencher
knight and barrow pig
knob
knock
knock me down
knot
knowing ones
knowledge box
knuckles
to knuckle one’s wipe
knuckle-dabs
konoblin rig
laced mutton
lacing
ladder
lady
lady of easy virtue
ladybirds
lady dacre’s wine
lag
lag fever