"kninkles" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Blend of knees + wrinkles. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|knees|wrinkles}} Blend of knees + wrinkles Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} kninkles pl (plural only)
  1. (uncommon, informal) Knees wrinkles. Tags: informal, plural, plural-only, uncommon
    Sense id: en-kninkles-en-noun-GH3IKBRc Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum

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          "ref": "2011 September 7, Claire Coleman, “Ugly knees: The curse of the kninkles”, in The Courier-Mail, archived from the original on 2024-04-25",
          "text": "Radio-frequency treatments are often used on the face to tighten slack skin and can work wonders on kninkles. \"They deliver energy into the dermal tissue,\" explains Dr Bowler. \"This heats the tissue, causing the collagen to tighten and, over time, to produce more collagen.\"",
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          "ref": "2014 February 25, Katy Winter, “No more kninkles (that's knee wrinkles): Now there's a $500 lunchtime lift that promises to banish that saggy skin”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2024-04-25",
          "text": "Even super-fit stars such a Demi Moore, 51, right, and Catherine Zeta Jones, 44, left, can't avoid kninkles",
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          "ref": "2015 July 27, Merle Ginsberg, “Hollywood’s Knee Anxiety: Ironing Out Those “Kninkles””, in The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on 2024-04-25",
          "text": "Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cher and Sharon Stone have been called out for “kninkles,” or knee wrinkles — and Demi Moore is rumored to have had an $8,000 knee-lift in 2012 to firm and smooth saggy knees.",
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