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  • noun Plural form of knees-up.

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Examples

  • It took me two years to wake up and become a signed up member of the Young Conservatives, which ushered in an era of really fabulous knees-ups, private swimming luncheons and bonhomie.

    [socialism] and the myths we're fed 2008

  • It took me two years to wake up and become a signed up member of the Young Conservatives, which ushered in an era of really fabulous knees-ups, private swimming luncheons and bonhomie.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • Rudd was a rager WE ARE deeply distressed by the cold-blooded knifing of Kevin Rudd for many reasons but mostly because knees-ups just aren't as much fun without him.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • There are vaudeville numbers, soaring ballads, sentimental knees-ups, two wonderful dramatic trios and of course those rousing choruses at the barricades.

    Discount London theatre tickets, What's on in London, Cheap theatre tickets, Free Theatre Tickets, 2010

  • It is that so many folk seem to regard the Second World War, which killed 50 million people, as a rather jolly musical event, to be celebrated with endless knees-ups and mindless choruses of "We'll Meet Again."

    Express & StarExpress & Star 2010

  • The divorced electrician from Melksham in southwest England used to blow $19,600 a year on his daily Christmas knees-ups but has halved his budget in 2009.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • The divorced electrician from Melksham in southwest England used to blow $19,600 a year on his daily Christmas knees-ups but has halved his budget in 2009.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • The divorced electrician from Melksham in southwest England used to blow $19,600 a year on his daily Christmas knees-ups but has halved his budget in 2009.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Your credit card has barely recovered from the pre-Christmas knees-ups, present buying and over-priced New Year festivities when, wham, bam, it's time to splash out on something glam.

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • The divorced electrician from Melksham in southwest England used to blow $19,600 a year on his daily Christmas knees-ups but has halved his budget in 2009.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2009

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