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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Long-shafted pincers. Northern-England, plural, plural-normally
2. 2
   Wooden tongs used for plucking weeds from among stalks of corn or grain. Northern-England, Yorkshire, plural, plural-normally

Synonyms

All synonyms

knep

Etymology

From dialectal knep + -ar + -s.

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