knocked-up

Example Sentences

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I threw myself from the saddle, and led my knocked-up steed towards him.

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald

Before midday, and whilst still sixty miles from town, my horse knocked-up completely, and would not go another step.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel

The Major and some of the men pushed on with the freshest of the animals, leaving Stapylton and the remainder of the party to spell for a while, and bring the knocked-up beasts slowly on.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

Yet, with it all, I had escaped with a graze over the right temple and a badly knocked-up shoulder.

From Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front by Hales, A. G. (Alfred Greenwood)

“I mean, lad, that we’ve but a poor chance to reach the ranch wi’ such knocked-up brutes as these.

From Charlie to the Rescue by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)