"knack-kneed" meaning in All languages combined

See knack-kneed on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more knack-kneed [comparative], most knack-kneed [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} knack-kneed (comparative more knack-kneed, superlative most knack-kneed)
  1. (UK, dialect) Alternative form of knock-kneed Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: knock-kneed
    Sense id: en-knack-kneed-en-adj-3EXjGYDm Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1891, Andrew Wanless, Sketches and Anecdotes, page viii:",
          "text": "Knack-kneed and bent twa fauld; / He had a wife, and by my faith, / She was baith big and bauld.",
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          "ref": "1891, Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings, page 137:",
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