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on the knock — adj, adv British 1. on credit or hire purchase, by instal ments 2. See knock 3. engaged in selling or canvassing door to door. An alternative form of on the knocker … Contemporary slang
on the never-never — adj, adv British on hire purchase, on credit, by instal ments. One of many such phrases origi nating in the 1950s; this one ruefully reflects on the impossibility of ever get ting out of debt once enmeshed … Contemporary slang

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