brass knuckles

== Anglais == === Étymologie === Composé de brass et de knuckle. === Locution nominale === brass knuckles \Prononciation ?\ Poing américain. The morning after the election I was attacked down the street by old man Sally, with brass knuckles, […] Then I was cut by George Moss and Mike Sally, and they struck me in the head with a brass knuckle, and then one came up and hit me […] — (Congressional Edition, United States Congress, 1879) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) They were partial to roundhouse punches with brass knuckles and swipes with switchblades. Ripping the mirror off the wall, Bourne slammed its edge into a brass knuckle. The mirror cracked into a dozen shards, and Bourne grabbed […] — (Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum’s™ The Bourne Dominion, 2011) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) After some careful analysis, I think brass knuckles are the new octopi, which were the new owls, which were the new sparrows. Check it out! There are about 200 different brass knuckle–related items on Etsy right now. Sell your stock in octopi and jump on the brass knuckles train. — (Grace Dobush, Crafty Superstar, 2011) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) ==== Vocabulaire apparenté par le sens ==== brass knuckles figure dans les recueils de vocabulaire en anglais ayant pour thème : main, arme. === Forme de locution nominale === brass knuckles \Prononciation ?\ Pluriel de brass knuckle. === Voir aussi === brass knuckles sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais) poing américain sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia