brass knuckles
Example Sentences
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As they pulled into the fenced lot, a guard in a security booth asked if the vehicle had any knives, guns, Mace or brass knuckles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022
If brevity is the soul of wit, it’s also the brass knuckles of one-upmanship on Twitter.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021
Business and civic leaders, in the large corporations and the elite universities, should grow some brass knuckles, too.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2020
He crafts dialogue with the florid, evocative quality endemic to writers who get their start on pulp literature, wielding similes like brass knuckles.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2019
Last week, agents at U.S. airport security checkpoints intercepted 45 guns, an assortment of knives and brass knuckles, and several deactivated hand grenades.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2015
