Knockers

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of knocker form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A woman's breasts. plural, plural-only, slang

    "[…] from the Rev. Mr. Cannaday, “who winks at you to show that he’s one of the boys,” to the thrice-married Norma Norbridge, “who leans on her knockers instead of her elbows when she sits at a table.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the verb knock + -er, an agentive suffix. The slang term for breasts is attested since the 1940s. For fuller etymology see knock.

Etymology 2

From the verb knock + -er, an agentive suffix. The slang term for breasts is attested since the 1940s. For fuller etymology see knock.

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