knuckle sandwich
noun/ˈnʌkəl ˈsæn(d)wɪdʒ/UK/ˈnʌkəl ˈsænˌ(d)wɪtʃ/US
Definitions
A punch to the face, especially to the mouth.
- OKKIE. (Raises his fist, kissing the knuckles menacingly—follows her to bottom of steps.) How would you like a knuckle sandwich?
- Rather than an embrace, the Babe [Babe Ruth] would most assuredly like to have given a knuckle sandwich to the executives of that candy corps. Or hit them over the head with his 42-ounce bat.
- My brother Basil was probably the most protective of me. He would be willing to wallop anyone with a knuckle sandwich (knuckle sandwiches, not knives or guns, were big back then) who messed with me.
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