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knockout; knock-out noun- an outstanding, beautiful or outrageous person UK, 1892
- “Cripes! You look a fair knock-out.” “Do you really think so, Bill?” “An absolute peach.” — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 218, 1947
- So today she had risen early, knocking herself out to be a knockout. — Jim Thompson, The Grifters, p. 76, 1963
- You get cleaned up you’re a knockout. — Elmore Leonard, Glitz, p. 194, 1985
- You’ll be glad to know I’m a fucking knockout, five-nine in heels, a neat ass, light-brown hair. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 38, 1999
- an excellent thing UK, 1892
- Norman Jewison’s life of Rubin Carter should have been a knockout. — The Observer, 26 March 2000
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