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knut.

An idle upper-class man about town.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kəˈnʌt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/knʌt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. An idle upper-class man about town.

    archaic · informal
    Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts, For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts...
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An alteration of nut.

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