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Antonyms for knockabout


Grammar : Adj
Spell : nok-uh-bout
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒk əˌbaʊt



Definition of knockabout

  • adj rough
Example sentences :
  • His life was a tragedy written in the terms of knockabout farce.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • I present the idea, for what it may be worth, to the concoctors of knockabout turns.
  • Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • As I said when I first came here, I have been a sort of a knockabout, a wanderer.
  • Extract from : « Ralph on the Overland Express » by Allen Chapman
  • The two best rigs for this class of boat are the cat and knockabout.
  • Extract from : « On Yachts and Yacht Handling » by Thomas Fleming Day
  • Herring and Phyllis could be seen hoisting the sails on the knockabout.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Darlings » by Gouverneur Morris
  • Father gave me a knockabout two years ago, and I've had lots of fun in her.
  • Extract from : « The Bachelors » by William Dana Orcutt
  • "I thought I'd take him out in the knockabout," Roger suggested.
  • Extract from : « Flood Tide » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • I laugh at the knockabout brothers, I confess, so long as they are on the stage; but they do not convince me.
  • Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • I suppose a knockabout like myself gets all the taste for the fine arts knocked out of him.
  • Extract from : « A Frontier Mystery » by Bertram Mitford
  • If all was as I hardly dared to hope, I would give up my present knockabout life, and take a good farm somewhere and settle down.
  • Extract from : « A Frontier Mystery » by Bertram Mitford

Synonyms for knockabout

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