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Knock in

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The game of lanterloo. archaic

    ""Do you feel inclined to have a knock in for an hour?" said Charles, addressing Tom. "I don't understand much of the game." […] He was seldom indeed without two good trumps, and therefore almost invariably loo'd those who stood."

Verb
  1. 1
    To enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked. obsolete

    ""Close the oak, Jem," said Horace Eglantine, "and take care no one knocks in before we have knocked down the contents of your master's musical melange.""

  2. 2
    To pot (a ball) transitive
  3. 3
    To score (a break) transitive

    "With the tension rising Brecel knocked in a timely 51 to leave himself on the brink of victory, which he confirmed with a stylish 112 break."

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