knockout drops
Example Sentences
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"Sudden remedies are sometimes good in extreme cases, Luke," he drawled, "but administering knockout drops to a sick party is not to be recommended."
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Day, Holman
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 Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
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 Henry, O.
"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 Durham, Victor G.
He never saw a bludgeon in his life; and he scorned knockout drops.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.
