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ˈknock-me-ˈdown, a. and n. colloq.
A. adj. Such as to knock one down (lit. or fig.); violent, riotous; overbearing, defiant; prostrating, overpowering.
1760Foote Minor i. Wks. 1830 I. 35 No knock-me-down doings in my house. 1848J. H. Newman Loss & Gain ii. xviii. (1858) 250 He's so positive, so knock-me-down. 1863Ouida Held in Bondage (1870) 104 The overbearing, knock-me-down Marchioness..who gave the law to everybody. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 691 The term ‘knock-me-down fever’ (applied sometimes to dengue). 1922Joyce Ulysses 300 And Bloom, of course, with his knockmedown cigar putting on swank with his lardy face. 1944Dylan Thomas Let. 31 Dec. (1966) 270, I haven't read more than a scattered few of the poems..stopping with delight..at many knock-me-down lines. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 757/1 Its current number deals with the very subject..and it does so in a brisk, knock-me-down way which is extremely refreshing. 1967Listener 16 Feb. 235/1 It was not yet fashionable for poets to present themselves as knock-me-down sales representatives of verse.
B. n. = knock-down B. 1.
1756W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans II. 112. 1828 Craven Dial., Knock-me-down, strong ale. 1892Daily News 3 Aug. 6/1 A savant who muddled my poor brains with geological knock-me-downs which he declares will be heard in Section C. |