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knocked up |
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knocked up 1. Lit. battered; beaten. Sally was a little knocked up by the accident. This book is a little knocked up, so I'll lower the price. 2. Sl. intoxicated. Bill was knocked up and didn't want to drive. Wow, was that guy knocked up! 3. Inf. pregnant; made pregnant. Sue got knocked up but won't say who the father is. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Wopsle, being knocked up, was in such a very bad temper that if the Church had been thrown open, he would probably have excommunicated the whole expedition, beginning with Joe and myself. and, the ring being repeated, went to the door, whence he presently returned, ushering in, by the name of Mr Bonney, a pale gentleman in a violent hurry, who, with his hair standing up in great disorder all over his head, and a very narrow white cravat tied loosely round his throat, looked as if he had been knocked up in the night and had not dressed himself since. Then I knocked up old Macewen out of bed, and explained affairs to him as he sat and shivered in a dressing-gown. |
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