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Knock-out drops   Listen
noun
knock-out drops, knockout drops  n. pl.  Drops of any drug, used to a person to fall asleep or become unconscious or stupefied for the purpose of robbery, etc.; they are usually mixed into a drink so that the person consuming it does so unknowingly. One compound used for this purpose is chloral hydrate. (Slang, U. S.)






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"Knock-out drops" Quotes from Famous Books



... talk drifted among them. Revolting details of abysmal man-failings, brutal reminiscences of knock-out drops, robbery, and even murder, furnished the themes for jest and gibe which drew forth roars ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx

... splay-foot, hair-lipped, putty-brained country Jake! Did you see him sidestep that?" demanded the aggrieved Bickford, forgetting, in his pique, his stricken father. "What you want to do to him is to sandbag him, give him knockout drops, stab him under the fifth rib! He's too elusive—the devil-sent——" He was proceeding to further particulars when ...
— The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On • Eugene Manlove Rhodes



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