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
Sent out and had the other three knocked-up horses brought in all right.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall
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
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)
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
