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lady-in-waiting
  • n  a lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess
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knickers
  • n  trousers ending above the knee
  • n  underpants worn by women
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knickknack
  • n  a small inexpensive mass-produced article
  • n  miscellaneous curios
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knife
  • n  edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
  • n  a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
  • n  any long thin projection that is transient
  • v  use a knife on
    The victim was knifed to death
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knife-edge
  • n  a narrow boundary
    he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity
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knife-handle
  • n  marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell
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knife thrust
  • n  a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
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knight
  • n  originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
  • n  a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
  • v  raise (someone) to knighthood
    The Beatles were knighted
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