knocked-up

Example Sentences

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Our dogs knocked-up completely, and we ourselves were somewhat tired and hungry, partly from night-watching and partly from having fasted since early dawn, whereas it was now four o'clock.

From A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Butler, Samuel

My brother, Sweeney, and Pierre were behind with the knocked-up horses, trying to get them along.

From Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, by Forrest, John

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)

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