De Nock

n.

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Colloquialism for Prior's Knock, an area in the city renowned, in years gone by, for its hard chaws. Also used to describe the area around Knock House, an area not far from Gracedieu where yungwans and yungfellas used slide down de slippery rock on their backsides.

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In years gone by, one did not linger in the Knock unless one was a hard man.

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