Usually means: Weapon worn on the knuckles.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word knuckle duster:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. knuckle duster: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. knuckle-duster: Merriam-Webster
  3. knuckle-duster: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. knuckle-duster, knuckle-duster: Collins English Dictionary
  5. knuckle duster: Vocabulary.com
  6. knuckle-duster: Wordnik
  7. knuckle-duster: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. knuckle-duster, knuckle duster: Wiktionary
  9. knuckle-duster: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. knuckle-duster, knuckle duster: Dictionary.com
  11. Knuckle-duster, Knuckle duster: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. knuckle duster: Rhymezone
  13. Knuckle-duster: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. knuckle duster: FreeDictionary.org
  15. knuckle duster: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. knuckle-duster, knuckle duster: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knuckle-duster: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knuckle-duster, knuckle Duster: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See knuckle_dusters as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (knuckle duster)

▸ noun:  (British, Australia) A weapon made of metal worn around the knuckles that strengthens the impact of a punch.

Similar:
brass knuckles, Knuckles, brass knucks, knucks, knuckle-duster, knuckle-buster, knuckler, knucklebone, trench knife, knob, more...

Types:
brass knuckles, knuckle buster, knuckle dusters, knucks, more...

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Similar:
brass knuckles, Knuckles, brass knucks, knucks, knuckle-duster, knuckle-buster, knuckler, knucklebone, trench knife, knob, more...

Types:
brass knuckles, knuckle buster, knuckle dusters, knucks, more...



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