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  • And the "flappers" and the "knuts" -- they seem never to tire of seeing each other pass and re-pass for a solid hour on end!

    Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Richard King 1913

  • When Eloquent arose to address the meeting he was greeted by such a storm of cheering from his supporters, as quite drowned the hisses and cat-calls of the "knuts" at the back of the hall.

    The Ffolliots of Redmarley 1898

  • Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander (Obscurus Books, 42 pages, 14 sickles 3 knuts): Paired with the release of Quidditch Through the Ages, there is the concise compendium of monsters and beasts.

    2010 April 23 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp (WhizzHard Books, 56 pages. 14 sickles 3 knuts): For the first time ever, a most unique book has been published and released into the muggle world.

    2010 April 23 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Fat-cats, exponential budgets, and endless troughing for the rich; fcuk-it, they are all a bunch of knuts.

    Cartoon: Steve Bell on the 'big society bank' 2011

  • Although we've never met, and you probably made more galleons and knuts last week than I expect to see in the next 10 years, you've always seemed approachable and honest, not the kind to stand on ceremony.

    Should JK Rowling write another Harry Potter? Naomi Alderman 2010

  • I was going to complain about the description of the monetary system 29 knuts in a sickle, 17 sickles in a galleon being included but then realized he would obviously have to know this to be able to function.

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone cassette 2 of 6 jmnlman 2007

  • I was going to complain about the description of the monetary system 29 knuts in a sickle, 17 sickles in a galleon being included but then realized he would obviously have to know this to be able to function.

    Archive 2007-06-01 jmnlman 2007

  • Although we've never met, and you probably made more galleons and knuts last week than I expect to see in the next 10 years, you've always seemed approachable and honest, not the kind to stand on ceremony.

    The Guardian World News 2010

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    Finnegans Wake 2006

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