knocked-up
Example Sentences
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This overcasting is done by inserting a fine needle near the back of the knocked-up sheets from above and drawing the thread almost quite through, the second and following stitches all being made from above.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
It seems she sought him out—to-night, of all times!— when he was pegged—completely knocked-up.
From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames
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.]
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)
“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)
