To knap the stoop, verb. phr. (old).—See quot.
1822. Egan, Real Life, ii, 97. ‘Having once been made inspector of
the pavement, or in other words knapp’d the stoop.’
To knap a jacob from a danna-drag, verb. phr. (old).—To steal the
ladder from a night-man’s cart, while the men are absent, in order to
effect an ascent to a one-pair-of-stairs window, to scale a
garden-wall, etc.—De Vaux. See Knap.
Knapper’s-poll, subs. (old).—A sheep’s head. For synonyms see
Sanguinary James.
Knapping-jigger, subs. (thieves’).—A turn-pike gate; i.e., a gate for
the receipt of tolls. See Knap, sense 1.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, iv. Turpin treated him as he had done
the dub [pikeman] at the knapping-jigger, and cleared the driver
and his little wain with ease.
Knark, subs. (old).—A churl; a flint-heart; a nark (q.v.).
1851–61. Mayhew, London Lab. etc., i. 343. He couldn’t refuse a
dog, much more a Christian: but he had a butler, a regular nark.
Knat, subs. (tailors’).—1. A difficult task; (2) a tyrant; and (3) one
not easily hoodwinked.
Knave, subs. (Christ’s Hospital).—A dunce: at Hertford, a knack.
Knee. To break one’s knee, verb. phr. (venery).—To be deflowered, or
got with child. For synonyms see Dock, verb. sense 1.
To offer (or give) the knee, verb. phr. (old).—To play the second in a
fight.
1856. T. Hughes, Tom Brown’s Schooldays, ii. v. Martin, to give him
a knee, steps out on the turf.
Knee high to a mosquito (a toad, a chaw of tobacco etc.), phr.
(American).—Insignificant; of scant account.
To sit on one’s knees, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To kneel down.
Knee-trembler, subs. (venery).—A standing embrace; a fast-fuck (q.v.);
a perpendicular. For general synonyms see Greens and Ride.
Knee-trick, subs. (old).—Kneeling.
1632. Brome, Novella, iv. 2. No, if I worship any of ’hem more.
Than in the knee-trick, that is necessary In their true use, let me
be eunuchiz’d.
Knick-knack, subs. (venery).—1. The female pudendum. For synonyms see
Monosyllable.