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| Knack | Knack \Knack\, n. 1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack. [1913 Webster] A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing a specific task; skill; aptitude; facility; dexterity; -- often used with for; as, a knack for playing the guitar. [1913 Webster +PJC] The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. ``The knacks of japers.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] For how should equal colors do the knack ! --Pope. [1913 Webster] |
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