scuffed knees
(another) detail, side cutting pliers, found ca 2010, Cambridge
Bees knees come to mind —
The pollen basket or corbicula is part of the tibia on the hind legs of certain species of bees. They use the structure in harvesting pollen and returning it to the nest or hive.
wikipedia
Among my authors: Joan Bauer, Ann Bell, Thomas Berger, J. S. Borthwick, Scott Bradfield, Gelett Burgess, Charles N. Crewdson, Janet Evanovich, William Faulkner, Amy Greene, Jennifer Greene, Grace Livingston Hill, William Hoffman, Hugh Hood, Robert Inman, Sunni Jeffers, Jan Karon, B. C. Legans, Larry McMurtry, Richard Marius, Sarah Mayberry, Kevin McColley, Leigh Michaels, Brenda Minton, Mary McGarry Morris, John O’Hara, William O. Stoddard, Jr., Elizabeth Strout, Ann Tyler, Stephanie Vaughn, Harold Whitehead, Beth Wiseman...
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Oh, pshaw! said the Whaup. Fancy romance in a hardware store! It’s impossible. It’s absurd!
— Gelett Burgess, “The Whaup and the Whimbrel” (1906)
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apiary; hardware; iron; knees; pliers; pollen; rust