Etymology

knucker

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Today it means: A kind of water dragon, said to live in knuckerholes in Sussex, England. Full definition →

Old English nicor
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  1. Old English · inherited fromnicor
  2. Old English · inherited fromnicor
  3. English todayknucker

Inherited from Old English nicor (“water monster; hippopotamus”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishnicor all →

nicorOld Nick

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