knobber

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#1·8h ago

(hunting, animal husbandry) A hart in its second year; a young male deer.

As soon as the knobber started galloping, all the other stags, who. till now, had taken but a languid interest, if any, in his movements, jumped on to their feet.

Origin: From ; the deer sense derives from the fact that a young buck's antlers begin diminutively as mere knobs; the fool sense derives indirectly from a reference to the penis; the two senses are ultimately cognate. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·8h ago

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) A stupid, obnoxious, or otherwise contemptible person.

But even she was forced to confess that nothing was astir in the mossy wilderness. She climbed to the top of Craig Dhu and had a long spy, but, except for more hinds and one small knobber, living thing there was none.

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