KNOCKOUT DROPS Definition & Meaning

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knockout drops

chloral hydrate or any similar rapidly acting drug, especially one put in a drink secretly to make the drinker unconscious.

knockout drops

slang.
a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction See also Mickey Finn

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First recorded in 1890–95

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“I’ll bet she gives him knockout drops,” Tidings once told me.

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German media reported that they apparently were victims of so-called “knockout drops,” which can be mixed into drinks or food.

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Mitraillette tried to dose me with knockout drops again a few minutes ago—30 minutes to oblivion.

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Under the sway of the most sublime knockout drops, I didn’t remember a thing.

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I take it, though, that there's some play with knockout drops, or something of the sort.

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