10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNOBSTICK»
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Mr. Knobstick (who -wishes he did know all about it). — It does seem rathcr-er-
well, really, not quite up to the mark, you know. Mr. Clubman. — Why, it is vile, my
dear fellow; positively vile. The veriest tyro in art ought to see that ! Mr. Knobstick.
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The Tailor Made Girl: Her Friends, Her Fashions and Her Follies
Mr. Knobstick (who wishes he did know all about it). — It does seem rather-er-
well, really, not quite up to the mark, you know. Mr. Clubman. — Why, it is vile, my
dear fellow ; positively vile. The veriest tyro in art ought to see that ! Mr. Knobstick.
In the end the magistrate fines Mrs. Knobstick forty shillings and costs, telling her
at the same time that had it not been for the kindly intercession of Miss Dorothy
Trimmer, he would assuredly have sent her to gaol for a month. Mrs. Knobstick ...
George Augustus Sala, 1894
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Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
KNOBSTICK n. 2a. l825 Scots Mag. Oct. 495 There have of late been several
cases of assault upon the workmen termed "nobs" in Messrs. Dunlop's mill. l870
J. K. HUNTER Life Stud. Char. xix. l36 They ha'e a strong society, ..and hate nobs
...
S. P. Cerasano, Heather Anne Hirschfeld, 2008
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Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the ...
He was a fork grinder ? — Yes. 22.266. So are you ?— Yes. 22.267. You were in
the union and he was not ? — That is right. 22.268. Had you frequently before the
morning, when he was blown up, gone to his door and called him a knobstick ?
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions, 1867
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The North British Review
The Knobstick. 31 none of those little aids by which the other men lighten one
another's labour ; apprentices fetch him no beer ; he is generally rather an inferior
workman, and his work receives its full due of criticism ; he is an outcast, a pariah,
...
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The adventures of Maurice Drummore, by Lindon Meadows
HIS NAME WAS KNOBSTICK. 47 had contrived to block him up in such a way
that he could not move a man without having him taken. Then he would cast his
quick eye round the board, stir up the hair behind his ear drolly with the tip of his
...
Charles Butler Greatrex, 1884
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Constant Turmoil: The Politics of Industrial Life in ...
One Rhode Island man who called himself, "A Temporary So-called Knobstick,"
explained that a Fall River spinner had taken his job when he was absent one
morning because of family illness. Hearing about the strike, he became
determined ...
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The theory of collective Bargaining, 1930 - 1975
It often appeared as if the “knobstick” felt and believed himself to be an inferior
person. Another friend and defender of the trade-union movement, writing a year
before Mill in the passage just quoted, described the knobstick's position thus: ...
William Harold Hutt, 1975
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Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries in ...
A "SCAB" AND "KNOBSTICK." '.•{%Cf /frad at least one of our Boston dailies one
would think tridfa'i'-soib'* vfay a.being too vile to be permitted to live in civilized
society, •kn4.<Q{fy a fit subject to be stoned to death by la*\es^/inarf. /A" "scab " is
...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNOBSTICK»
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... Jerkinhead * Knobstick * Lobcocked * Nestle-cock * Nicker-pecker * Nobber * Nodgecock * Pakapoo * Peniaphobia * Penistone * Pershittie ... «Washington Post, Sep 14»
Germany Broadcaster Says Hungary Tax Will Dent Profit
... profit from the ad market in the past years and now it is using its newscast as a political knobstick because it doesn't want to pay the ad tax.”. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 14»
Gotcha? Clarkson's latest twitter rant
I admit that I was fairly vocal at this point and shouted 'What? you f*****g c**k, f****** knobstick' not much of an insult but I was too riled up to ... «Singletrack, Jan 14»
2014 A YEAR OF SUCCESS
He was carrying a knobstick and joined the regiments in the dance. Kunene, who weeded the huge field known as Imfabantfu, said banks did ... «Times of Swaziland, Jan 14»
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Also included in the shipment is the Blackthorn Knobstick, which is the single most popular Knobstick in the world. Many of the walking stick ... «PR Web, Jul 13»
Hiking Sticks and Walking Sticks
The new additions are the Knobstick, Crosshead, Country Derby, Opera Handle, and the Grip Handle. All of these exciting new styles are in ... «PR Web, Oct 12»
Snob Before and After Thackeray
... an individual is known in the United States, was called knobstick, blacknob, knob, and nob. Here “nobs” are again represented as dishonest. «OUPblog, May 08»
Wilko Johnson Band - Sneakin' Suspicion
knobstick 6 years ago in reply to Sumz08. Lol, when I took my girlfriend to her first Wilko Johnson gig she turned to me after a while and said ... «YouTube, Mar 08»
