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knock
noun- a setback, especially a monetary loss UK, 1889
- I had to get my knocks, plenty of them, before I could understand that. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 324, 1946
- a bite (that moment when a fish takes the bait) UK, 1969
Used by anglers. Noted by Albert Petch, 1969. - a promiscuous woman AUSTRALIA
- To tell your best mate that one of his family was a knock was unethical and uncalled for. — William Dick, A Bunch of Ratbags, p. 158, 1965
▶ do a knock- to partake in an amorous outing; to go on a date AUSTRALIA, 1934
- Belting a bloke don’t prove she’s against doing a knock with him. — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 162, 1947
- to have sex AUSTRALIA, 1933
From “knock” (an act of sexual intercourse).
▶ on the knock- on credit; engaged in hire purchase UK
- — Woman’s Own, 28 February 1968
- [A]ll on the knock of course, because this firm was very credit-worthy. — Lenny McLean, The Guv’nor, p. 19, 1998
- to be working as a prostitute UK, 1969
- — John Ayto, Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 86, 1998
▶ take a knock
to suffer a setback or a financial loss UK, 1649- I know doctors have taken a knock after the Shipman and Alder Hey cases but I do feel that on the whole we’re still valued. — The Guardian, 20 March 2003
▶ take the knock
to fail to meet your debts AUSTRALIA- “Taking the knock” was so common among early bookmakers both in Sydney and in Melbourne that many of them had their bags specially made with several name flaps. — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, p. 75, 1966
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 53, 1977
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