Difference between revisions of "Knockabout"
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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] knockabout performer or performance. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) [[Marked]] by knocking about or roughness. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) Of noisy and violent character. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' a.) Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' a.) That does odd jobs; - said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) [[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. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:38, 13 October 2021
Knockabout [1]
(1): ( n.) A knockabout performer or performance.
(2): ( n.) A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.
(3): ( a.) Marked by knocking about or roughness.
(4): ( a.) Of noisy and violent character.
(5): ( a.) Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.
(6): ( a.) That does odd jobs; - said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station.
(7): ( n.) 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.
