Near the knuckle

Michael Quinion wordseditor at WORLDWIDEWORDS.ORG
Sat Oct 9 12:12:28 UTC 2004


A subscriber's question leaves me puzzled - no reference work I have
here gives an explanation for how this idiom (which the OED records
from the late 19th century) came into being. Can anyone help out by
suggesting a rationale for it?

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Michael Quinion
Editor, World Wide Words
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