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Knockdown   Listen
adjective
Knockdown  adj.  
1.
Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..
2.
Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
3.
Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not be disposed by the auctioneer.
4.
Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation.





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"Knockdown" Quotes from Famous Books



... man-hunting: so I determined to run no undue risk of losing him this time. I accordingly waited until he got quite close—about twenty yards away—and then fired my .303 at his chest. I heard the bullet strike him, but unfortunately it had no knockdown effect, for with a fierce growl he turned and made off with great long bounds. Before he disappeared from sight, however, I managed to have three more shots at him from the magazine rifle, and another growl told me that the last of these had ...
— The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures • J. H. Patterson
... at me, she maun hae grown feared at that, and syne I could hae gone on though my ilka word was a knockdown blow. But she was picking some things aff the chair ...
— The Little Minister • J.M. Barrie
... Lapham?" cried his wife proudly. "I should like to see the thing that ever scared you; or the knockdown that YOU couldn't pick ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... of knockdown chairs in Chicago all made by hand for $125 and sold them for much more. Those chairs would last a lifetime. The parts were separate and packed well. They could ...
— Old Rail Fence Corners - The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History • Various


Words linked to "Knockdown" :   piece of furniture, blow, knockdown-dragout, collective, knock down, furniture, article of furniture


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