| 单词 | knock-out man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknock-out man d. knock-out drops (also occasionally singular), a liquid drug of which drops are put into liquor to render a person unconscious or stupefied (e.g. in order to rob him). Also figurative. knock-out man, one who uses knock-out drops. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > narcotic drink or drug used for dwale1393 tonga1852 locus1859 knock-out drops1895 Mickey Finn1918 Michael1932 Mickey1938 incapacitant1961 1895 J. S. Wood Yale Yarns 152 Our dandy team played a logy, tired sort of game, as if each man had been given knock-out drops, and we all felt blue! 1896 G. Ade Artie xviii. 173 They get out the bottle o' knock-out drops and get ready to do business. 1901 Daily Chron. 17 Dec. 5/2 ‘Knock-out drops’ are well known in New York, and are a part of the effective tools in trade of the thug, the thief, and the confidence man. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 18 Sept. 7 He may be one of the new sort of ‘knockout men’ discovered this week. 1903 N.Y. Sun 12 Nov. 4 Bowery thieves were using chloral or ‘knock-out drops’ as an aid in robbing victims. 1904 Ex-Inspector Elliott Tracking Glasgow Criminals 23 The use of drugs..or what is more familiarly known in criminal circles as ‘knock-out’ drops is common enough in most cities. What is known as ‘knock-out’ drops is chloral hydrate, and from fifteen to thirty grains of it produces a sleep that lasts three hours. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 152 Here I learned to beware the crafty shanghaier with his knockout drops. 1928 Sat. Evening Post (N.Y.) 12 May 90/2 They're murderers and knockout men and they never play a straight game. 1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren viii. 242 About midnight..I took one of Aunt Ellen's things. It was a knock-out drop all right because I didn't wake up till half past nine. 1958 Sunday Times 10 Aug. 8/3 The first [film] was a typical knock-out drop—a study of ‘inter-specific interdependence’. < as lemmas |
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