NOUN
- (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
How To Use brass knuckles In A Sentence
- We now officially live in the age of the forensic cop show - where police rely not on brass knuckles to bring down perps, but on science.
- Hustlers who bonnet a man and beat his breath out of him and empty his pockets before he knows what is the matter with him, -- the Burglars, with their "jimmies" in their pockets, -- the fighting robbers, with their brass knuckles, -- the whole set in a vast thief-constituency, thick as rats in sewers, -- these were the disputants whom the emissaries of the The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864
- Its grip consisted of brass knuckles, was a chain of rings through which Weary slipped his stubby fingers.
- William Joyce presented the clenched fist in an armour of brass knuckles.
- Yeah, a little extra reach on a punch, a set of brass knuckles, a stripe on the sleeve, a badge that says cop on it, a rock in your hand, or a bankroll in your pocket.
- Chicago-set "Ride Along" is about a "larger-than-life" cop who is all "razor blades and brass knuckles wrapped in politeness and egoless charm. 'Idol' format changing, 'Glee' getting post-Super Bowl on Fox
- The writer was wearing a bulletproof vest and had brass knuckles and chemical repellent in other pockets.
- Its grip consisted of brass knuckles, was a chain of rings through which Weary slipped his stubby fingers.
- Or a boxful of slugs and a pair of brass knuckles; a leather sap, a gravity knife, and mercury gloves. We Must Be Carefully Taut
