Knobstick

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  • n. A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
  • n. One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union.
  • n. A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp., such a stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a knobkerrie.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A heavy stick or cane with a knob.
  • n. In England, a workman who refuses to join a trades-union or retires from it, and who works when the members of the union are on strike. Also knob, nob, blacknob, and blackleg. Equivalent to scab in the United States.
  • n. Also spelled nobstick.
  • Word Usage
    "About 4 P.M. returned our second messenger, bearing with him a reproving message from the Gerad, for not visiting him without delay; in token of sincerity, he forwarded his baton, a knobstick about two feet long, painted in rings of"
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    knobkerrie