What does knock-me-down mean?
Knock-me-down means (slang, now rare) A strong alcoholic drink..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(slang, now rare) A strong alcoholic drink..
His mother didn't have the price of a bed, and so she crept into the outbuilding, the labor pains coming like blows to the groin, a bottle of clear white Knock-Me-Down clutched in her fist.
‘I never can think such tremendous, knock-me-down figures in the least degree elegant […].’
And Bloom, of course, with his knockmedown cigar putting on swank with his lardy face.
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Knock-me-down means (slang, now rare) A strong alcoholic drink..
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His mother didn't have the price of a bed, and so she crept into the outbuilding, the labor pains coming like blows to the groin, a bottle of clear white Knock-Me-Down clutched in her fist.
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