knocked-up
Example Sentences
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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
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
“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)
It's nothing; only a bit of knocked-up skin.
From The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan by Little, Frances, [pseud.]
