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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Baker's Knee

(A) A knop-knee, or knee bent inwards, from carrying the heavy bread-basket on the right arm.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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