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Newgate knocker en · NOUN

Etymology

Supposed to resemble the knocker on the prisoners' door at Newgate.

Meanings

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear.

Forms

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Synonyms

aggravator · number six