knocked-up
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“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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 John McDouall Stuart
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 Frances Little
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 Samuel Butler
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 John McDouall Stuart
A burst of nitrogen gas knocked up rocks and dust into the collection filter, and then OSIRIS-REX slowly backed away without landing on Bennu.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
Financial markets have been highly volatile the last few weeks, knocked up and down by several key factors beyond the usual day-to-day movements related to specific companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
That was something the researchers at MIT's Media Lab had knocked up in their workshop.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2018
I never saw Kate Middleton do any of that while she was knocked up and, frankly, I think her pregnancies were poorer for it.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2016
He is a little knocked up, but after a nap, will, no doubt, go through the broad-sword dance in the evening as usual.
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
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