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knuckle sandwich

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knuckle sandwich

A punch in the mouth. If you keep mocking me, you're going to get a knuckle sandwich!

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*knuckle sandwich

Inf. a punch. (*Typically: ask for ~; get ~; give someone ~; want ~.) A: Nyah! Your mother smokes cigars! B: You want a knuckle sandwich?

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knuckle sandwich

n. a blow struck in the teeth or mouth. How would you like a knuckle sandwich?

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knuckle sandwich

A punch in the mouth. Associated with urban street toughs, the phrase was common in “Dead End” and “Bowery Boys” movies where the threat of being served a meal of someone's fist was all part of the characters' bravado.

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