Knock-me-down

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A strong alcoholic drink. archaic, slang, uncountable

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Overbearing; overpowering.

    "‘I never can think such tremendous, knock-me-down figures in the least degree elegant […].’"

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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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