"you knows it" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-you knows it.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: This phrase was popularised by The GLC from Newport, Wales, but has had currency in US Afro-American vernacular English and possibly elsewhere since no later than the 1960s. Head templates: {{en-interj}} you knows it
  1. (idiomatic, dialect, slang) Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement. Tags: dialectal, idiomatic, slang Related terms: you know it

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