"How would you feel if all your first knuckles were cut off?"

Those are the knuckles, when they walk on their hands.

Big old man's knuckles with hair growing out of them.

Fine black hair growing between the second and third knuckles.

There was blood on the knuckles of his right hand.

The hand must have gone into it up to the knuckles.

If you're going to go to the face, come with some knuckles, you know?

She bit a knuckle and looked at me over her hand.

How much blood and skin can you really lose from your knuckles?

He had no idea what the Knuckle was made out of.

He was one of those boys who seem all legs and knuckles.

I use my fingers, but you must take care to keep your knuckles down!

When we shook, his hand seemed to be all knuckles.

Are you looking at your knuckles or listening to me?

Second, kids often get attention when they crack their knuckles.

That way the impact will be spread across all the knuckles.

The shallow end is just deep enough for my knuckles to clear.

Bond could see his knuckles go white with the pressure.

There are others for whom I want to save my knuckles.

Put my left knuckles against the base of his neck.

The middle fingers got no further than the second knuckle.

She was sure his knuckles were red and raw by now.

There are surprises as well, like a braised pork shank in coconut juice.

Pork shank, a special deserving a permanent place on the winter menu, was cooked to fork-tenderness.

A pork shank was excessively fatty and oddly gluey.

Next have the pork shank.

Entrees include whole roasted orata or braised pork shanks.

But skip the crackling pork shank.

It serves an array of botanas and is famous for its chamorros (marinated pork shank).

It is usually flavored with pork shanks, ham bones, epazote, oregano and different types of dried chillies.

Our favorite was a special of schweinhaxe (roast pork shank), a fill-the-plate hunk with crackling, crunchy skin and tender meat.

It features organic produce, prime steaks and free-range chicken, although the house specialties are the local trout and the crispy pork shank.

Ti pang, the fabulously fatty Shanghainese pork shank, was luscious as foie gras.

They might be as surprised by a menu that includes pizzas, pastas and dishes like planked cod and a succulent pork shank.

Mother used it frequently, in March for the annual corned beef and cabbage, or pallid pork shanks and sauerkraut, my father's favorite, if not his offspring's.

His garlic-roasted pork shank is a heroic hunk of pig served with a tangle of greens and hominy; it is hard to resist.

Some dishes were thwarted by their own ambition, however - adventurous combinations such as langoustine, pork shank, beetroot, rhubarb and grapefruit can overstretch the palate.

Pork shanks are no joke either, slow-cooked until they fall off the bone, and arranged with roasted calf's liver cut into plugs and wrapped with pancetta.

More homey and equally good was the fall-from-the-bone braised pork shank served with Swiss chard, pancetta and a creamy potato-parsnip purée.

The cooler part is good for the slow braising of lesser meats like pork shank, which winds up as a two-fisted bistro dish, served with mustard and cabbage.

The cafe and bar, done in leather and brick, will serve small plates, sandwiches and main dishes, including a pork shank and a Wagyu flatiron steak.

The menu is typically Cuban: boiled rice, black beans, pork shank, manioc, pig shank roasted in its juice, pork rinds and toasted fried plantains.

The second restaurant, Harry's Cafe (with an entrance at One Hanover Square), serves small plates, sandwiches and main dishes, including a pork shank and strip steak.

Still, there is that pork shank, an enormous mound of tender meat, wrapped in its own crisp skin and served on an aromatic bed of sauerkraut sprinkled with poppy seeds.

Entrees include skirt steak with shallots and red wine; fried catfish with ginger scallion sauce; and braised pork shank with rosemary and thyme over orzo.

The only shortfalls at main course time were the overly large, chewy clams that made the scene with an otherwise fine, fall-from-the-bone pork shank perched upon a roasted pepper polenta.

An enormous braised pork shank is a more single-minded alternative, the tender shreds of meat flavored with garlic and oregano and topped with another hunk of crisp skin.