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Definition of Knockabout

Knockabout
Knockabout Knock"a*bout`, n. 1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout. 2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang] 3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia]
Knockabout
Knockabout Knock"a*bout`, a. 1. Marked by knocking about or roughness. 2. Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang] 3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither. 4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]

Meaning of Knockabout from wikipedia

- Look up knockabout in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Knockabout may refer to: Cape Cod Knockabout, a type of boat Knockabout (film), a 1979 Hong Kong...
- Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both...
- Knockabout (Chinese: 雜家小子; Za jia xiao zi) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts comedy film starring Yuen Biao and directed by Sammo Hung, who also co-stars...
- Knockabout Comics is a UK publisher and distributor of underground and alternative books and comics. They have a long-standing relationship with underground...
- The Stuart Knockabout is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed as a daysailer, by L. Francis Herreshoff and first built in 1932. The boat...
- Moore, Alan (2016). Jerusalem. UK: Knockabout. pp. 1177–1178. ISBN 9780861662524. "Jerusalem by Alan Moore - Knockabout Comics". Archived from the original...
- Don't You Think They Know?" Released: 10 January 2020 "Love Is On Its Way Out" Released: 31 January 2020 "Knockabout World" Released: 21 February 2020...
- A Cape Cod Knockabout, or Knockabout, is a one-design class of 18-foot (5 m) sail boat sailed primarily out of Upper Cape harbors in M****achusetts, United...
- leaving the America's Best imprint, the series moved to Top Shelf and Knockabout Comics, which published Volume III: Century (released as three graphic...
- illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. Co-published by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively, Century was published in three distinct...