Knuckler, subs. (old).—A pickpocket.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, p. 184. A universal knocking of knuckles
by the knucklers was followed by profound silence.
1843. Punch, iv. 129. A rush,—a hustle,—merrily then Begins the
knucklers’ war.
Knuller, subs. (old).—1. See quot.: also kneller.
1861–61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. and Lond. Poor, ii. p. 405. The
knullers or ‘queriers’, that is to say, those [chimney-sweepers]
who solicit custom in an irregular manner, by knocking at the doors
of houses and such like.