knobend

plural knobends

1. IrelandUKalternativeAlternative form of knob-end.

   We'd bother beforehand when some knobend took exception to Fred's accent. Within seconds, a team of boys from Kelty was on the scene, and the knobend was removed.

   2011, Adrian Searle, The Hope That Kills Us

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   No, I'm fuckin ' delited dat meself an ' Derek leave youse two alone fer two bleedin' minits te go te de jax, an' wen we come back, yer givin' it lodes te some knobend ! ”

   2003, Donal Ruane, Tales in a Rearview Mirror, page 170

   That isn't to say there aren't “knobends” in the voluntary sector – there are plenty of them. But the ethos of the sector is about positive social change for the better, and breaking taboos of all kinds is part of this.

   2019, Jen Wight, Rattled: Overcoming Postpartum Psychosis