Knock-me-down
adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Overbearing; overpowering.
"‘I never can think such tremendous, knock-me-down figures in the least degree elegant […].’"
Example
More examples"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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