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knockabout adj.

Marked by knocking about or roughness.

Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce, pratfalls, and horseplay; as, knockabout comedy. (Theat. Slang)

Synonyms: boisterous, slapstick.

Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; used especially of clothing.

Synonyms: casual, everyday.

That does odd jobs; said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. (Collog., Australia)

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Etymology of 'Knockabout'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Knockabout" Quotes from Famous Books

... passed in the same hall of audience; soldiers entered and stood as guards, and then came Pharaoh. He was followed by two obviously comic men, who might have been costermongers or knockabout brothers from a music hall, and one comic woman. The men wore modern shirts and trousers and long-tailed coats, or rather dressing-gowns, that had once been as good as those worn by Pharaoh and his prime minister. Turiddu told me they ...

— Diversions in Sicily • H. Festing Jones

Words linked to "Knockabout" : rugged, spirited, sloop, boisterous