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KNOCKABOUT
knockabout
(adjective) suitable for rough use; “a knockabout overcoat”; “a knockabout old car”
boisterous, knockabout
(adjective) full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; “boisterous practical jokes”; “knockabout comedy”
knockabout
(noun) a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
knockabout (not comparable)
Boisterous
Suitable for rough use.
Noun
knockabout (plural knockabouts)
(sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
(entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
(circus) A tumbler.
Clothing suitable for rough use.
A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
A person living in rough, violent conditions.
Source: Wiktionary
Knock"a*bout`, a.
1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
2. Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang]
3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.
4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]
Knock"a*bout`, n.
1. (Naut.) 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.
2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]
3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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