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Knock-down. 128 Knocker.
KNOCK-DOWN or KNOCK-ME-DOWN),
subs. (old).—Strong ale : STING°
(q.v.). Also = gin.
1515. De Generibus Ebriosorum
ect. [J. E. HODGKIN in Notes &a Queries,
3 S. vii. 163]. In this treatise occurs
a chapter on the various kinds of beer
then in use in Germany. . The catalogue
which follows shows that even the
names of fancy drinks are not new
under the sun ; and that the Eye- openers '
and 'Cocktails' of the Yankee bars had
their prototypes in the medieval taprooms.
I select a few of the most presentable
: Cow's-tail, Calves-neck, Buffalo,
Slip-slop, Stamp-in-the-Ashes, KNOCK-
'EM- DowN,Crowing-Cock,Wild-oats,Redhead,
Raise-head,Swell-nose, and Gnat'smustard.
1690. B. E., Dia. Cant. Crew,s.v.
1698. SoRsikRE, Yourney to London
in the Year 1698, p. 35 [quoted in Notes
and Queries, 6 S. xii. 167]. He answer'd
me that had a thousand such sort of liquors,
as Humtie Dumtie, Three Threads, Four
Threads, old Pharaoh, KNOCKDOWN . . .
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
KNOCK.
1811. Lex. Bal., S.v. KNOCK-ME-
DOWN.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, s.v.
1885. Notes and Queries, 6th S.
232. A very strong ale or beer.
Adj. (old).—Rowdy.
1760. FOOTE, Minor , i. No KNOCK-
ME-DOWN doings in my house. . . . no
rioters.
KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-OUT, subs.
phr. (pugilistic).—A free fight.
1848. New York Spiri I of the Times,
3o Sept. There are good, quiet, easy people
in the world who scarcely open their lips
or raise their fingers, lest Dogberry Soand-so
across the way might take it in
high dudgeon, and forthwith demand an
explanation or a KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-
OUT.
1852. JuosoN,Myst. eic.of New York,
xii. p. 83. 'We must have a fight! ' said
Butcher Bill. What shall it be ? ' asked
Mr. Shorter—' a genteel knock down, or
a KNOCK DOWN AND DRAG OUT? '
b.1852. Traits of American Humour,
p. 48. Mike . . . in a regular
KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-OUT row was hard
to beat.
KNOCK-'EM-DOWN BUSINESS, subs.
phr. (common).—Auctioneering.
K N OC K EM - DOWNS, subs.(common).
—Skittles.
1828. JoN BEE, Picture of London,
263. The charms of nine-pins—whether
this be of skittles, KNOCK-'EM-DOWNS,
bowl-and-tip, dutch-pins, or the more
sturdy four-corners.
1872. Fun, Sept. A man, the proud
possessor of KNOCK-ME-DOWNS ,was brought
up at Wandsworth police-court the other
day for plying his trade on Putney
Common.
KNOCKER, subs. (venery).— 1. The
penis (URQuHART) : see KNOCK,
verb. sense T. For synonyms
see CREAMSTICK and PRICK.
2. (venery).—See KNOCK, verb.
sense 1.
3. (common).—In pl., small
flat curls worn on the temples ;
SIXES (q.v.).
UP TO THE KNOCKER, phr.
(common).—I. Completely equal
to; also, perfect in appearance, condition,
fitness. Also see quot.
1870.
1844. SELBY, London by Nicht, i. 2.
Yack. How do you feel ? Ned. Not
quite UP TO THE KNOCKER.
1864. Derby Day, p. JD:). It's a
splendid turn out. RIGHT UP TO THE
KNOCKER, as they say. I don't do things
by halves when I go out.
1870. HAzLEw000 & WILLIAMS,
Leave it to Me, 1. 7oe. If ever there
was anybody else first, you're afore 'em.
I 'dores you, TO THE werry KNOCKER
AND HALF-WAY UP THE PASSAGE.
1889. Sporting Times, 6 July. I see
here's a house to let in Toboggan Terrace,
jest up by Sloane Street—how 'ud
that suit us?' UP TO THE BLOOMIN I
KNOCKER,
Joey,' replied Mrs. M.