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 Knuckle Under (To).Kochla’ni. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Kobold.
 
A house-spirit in German superstition; the same as our Robin Goodfellow, and the Scotch brownie (q.v.). (See FAIRY HINZELMANN.)   1
 


 Knuckle Under (To).Kochla’ni. 

 
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