Knee-crooking
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Obsequious; submissive. not-comparable
"With his usual dose of commonsense he recognized that nothing could really change the status quo, and all that a knee-crooking knave might do in protest was to sneak a line or two into his verse simply to let off steam […]"
Example
More examples"With his usual dose of commonsense he recognized that nothing could really change the status quo, and all that a knee-crooking knave might do in protest was to sneak a line or two into his verse simply to let off steam […]"
Etymology
Compare bend the knee.
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