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  • QUOTATION: That knuckle-end of England, —that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

    Quotations 1919

  • He would eat only the knuckle-end of a leg of mutton, and would never look at over - done beef.

    Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green 1893

  • A leg of mutton was following, but he caught it dexterously by the knuckle-end as it fell, and rescued so much from the wreck.

    Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth John Huntley Skrine 1885

  • That knuckle-end of England, -- that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

    Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862

  • A deep cut should, in the first place, be made quite down to the bone, across the knuckle-end of the joint, along the line 1 to 2.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • The carving of it is not very difficult: the knife should be carried sharply down in the direction of the line from 1 to 2, and slices taken from either side, as the guests may desire, some liking the knuckle-end, as well done, and others preferring the more underdone part.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • A deep cut should, in the first place, be made quite down to the bone, across the knuckle-end of the joint, along the line 1 to 2.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • The carving of it is not very difficult: the knife should be carried sharply down in the direction of the line from 1 to 2, and slices taken from either side, as the guests may desire, some liking the knuckle-end, as well done, and others preferring the more underdone part.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • 2That knuckle-end of England, —that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

    Quotations 1919

  • 4854That knuckle-end of England, —that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.

    Quotations 1919

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