KNICK-KNACKERNOUN
1. a trifler ...1622 obs. rare 2. a pair of bones held loosely between the fingers on which boys play a kind of tune; castanets ...1888 Eng. dial. 3. a fussy, officious person ...1960s US sl. ETYMOLOGY from knick-knack + -er FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1622 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...Other kind of knick-knackers there are, which betwixt knaue and foole can make an illfauoured passage through the world." From: Strange News Ovt of Divers Covntries By: Nicholas Breton, 1622 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881 • The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888 • A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield, Sidney Oldall Addy, 1888 • Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2000
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