knurl

Example Sentences

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At length the knurr of the clock, and the most solemn of all the hours, "one," sounded hoarsely.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

Still it is strictly a sport—as strictly as cricket, or rowing, or knurr and spell—and I have no wish to place it on a different footing.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Roe, Frederick William

It had been holiday enough in those days to meet in the streets, to play knurr and spell in the nearest field, to lean over walls and watch their pigs, and to tend their gardens.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

They danced in clogs there, clogs with soles of Welsh alder, and laaked at quoits and knurr and spell, and knew a bit about homing pigeons, not to speak of cocks, the game kind.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver