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Knockabout
Meaning
Adj
●
Boisterous
●
Suitable for
rough
use.
Noun
●
Clothing
suitable
for
rough
use.
●
A
worker
habitually
engaged
in
casual
employment.
●
A person
living in
rough
,
violent
conditions.
●
A tumbler.
●
A
slapstick
comedian
or comedy.
●
In Sailing:
A small
sailboat
lacking
a
bowsprit
, of a type found
primarily
in the Massachusetts area.
●
In Sports:
An
act
of
playing
a
sport
casually
or informally.
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Wiktionary
Origin
knockabout
English
about
English
about
Middle English (1100-1500)
knock
English
Sourced from
Etym
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Wisecracking
Jovial
Tragicomedy
Swashbuckling
Black Comedy
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