Drawing his own pistol, he leaned to strike John Thomas with surgeonly precision along the temple. John Thomas dropped like a poleaxed steer. Dr. Amos had used exactly the force necessary to knock him out.
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Drawing his own pistol, he leaned to strike John Thomas with surgeonly precision along the temple. John Thomas dropped like a poleaxed steer. Dr. Amos had used exactly the force necessary to knock him out.
Source: wiktionary
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