knockout drops
Example Sentences
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The old Bowery, where they used to take your tintype by force and give ye knockout drops before having your palm read, is now called the Wall Street of the island.
From Sixes and Sevens by O. Henry
"The same old knockout drops, sir, that sailors in all parts of the world know so well, sir, I think," answered one of the men, with a quiet grin.
From The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis by Victor G. Durham
At first I thought it might have been the hackneyed knockout drops, but tests by the coroner's physician eliminated that.
From The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
After it was all over, and most everybody that counted had swallowed knockout drops, Marjorie gives me a sidelight on what's been runnin' through her head.
From Torchy by George Brehm
He had a horror of knockout drops and the police.
From K by Mary Roberts Rinehart
