knocked-up

Example Sentences

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Proceeded very slowly with the knocked-up horse to the Depot; he appears to be very ill, and is looking very bad this morning.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

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

From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald

Now, from what I have heard, my boy Richard must be in there; for his horse was found, it seems, not above two or three hundred yards from the house, broken-knee'd and knocked-up.

From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

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

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.]