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Meanings of brass knuckles in English

Russian
кастет
Portuguese
soco ingles
Spanish
puño americano
Catalan
puny americà
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Weapon used in hand-to-hand combat.

кастет
Usage of brass knuckles in English
1
Proprietors who have since become gentlemanly always had the brass knuckles handy.
The new yorker
2
Lynch used his bare fists upon the men, Fitz used brass knuckles.
The Blood Ship
3
So I jumped straight forward, toward the man with the brass knuckles.
Beat the reaper: a novel
4
They were massive red-faced men with brass knuckles and thick wooden clubs.
Fevre Dream
5
Ising assaulted one of the victims with brass knuckles, prosecutors said.
Reuters
6
The outside right-hand jacket pocket yielded a set of brass knuckles.
Death angel
7
Or maybe it discovered that rings were good for hitting, like brass knuckles.
World After
8
I love brass knuckles and lead pipes and-Do you like stupidity too?
The new yorker
9
Again the brass knuckles found their mark and a German toppled to the deck.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
10
We should wait for the brass knuckles and their whistles.
Karen Memory
11
He punched Lawson with brass knuckles instantly breaking his jaw.
From dawn to deceit
12
He slides the bands of his watches around so they double as brass knuckles.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
13
Like an agent's handbook or a pair of brass knuckles.
The bricklayer
14
Some were armed with cudgels, others carried wooden staffs, and some wore ancient brass knuckles.
Logos Run
15
He placed a set of brass knuckles and box of wooden matches on the table.
Catch-22
16
He was removing brass knuckles from his right hand.
Nightfall