(informal) Any badly played or discordant piece of music.

(humorous, archaic) A tailor.

plural of knight of the needle

plural of knight of the thimble

(humorous, archaic) A tailor.

plural of tune the old cow died of

(Scotland) Said in response to a person shrugging their shoulders.

Alternative form of God bless the Duke of Argyll

(humorous) Used to describe very hard steak, as though cut from the horn of the animal.

(Christianity) The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.