Meaning of near the knuckle | Babel Free

Definitions

Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.

British, informal

Examples

“So near the knuckle, I wonder they got past the censor.”

““But . . . Laser Lass is just . . . banging!” Stifling a giggle and deciding this must be some masculine epithet she hadn't come across before, Evey gave the handcart a shove and went on her way. After all, "banging" wasn't anything that was shown on TV these days, even if some of Gordon Deitrich's shows did get pretty near the knuckle sometimes.”

“It's raw, this kind of work, and near the knuckle: unsupported by music, lighting, video screen, it's just you and them, you and them and the dead, […]”

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