knock-up

• “Maria Sharapova has in the past alienated opponents with her imperiousness at the pre-match knock-up.”

  The Guardian: Wimbledon 2010: Anastasia Rodionova hit by moody blues

• “Dizzy Thinks: Live Blog III: The celebrity knock-up skip to main”

  Live Blog III: The celebrity knock-up

• “Paul Mewies Sandie's spouse dislocated his finger in the knock-up - but bravely soldiered on.”

  Led to defeat by a 'Burger King'

• “I could've used to a good 10 words in the hook to explain how I knock-up Sheila.”

  HH Com 160

• “Of course, " he sighed, 'since we haven't located that knock-up temple, there won't be any pitter-patter of little feet around the place.”

  Villa Incognito

• “‘All right, unless you’d like a knock-up at table tennis first.”

  The Murder of Busy Lizzie

• “The Farman was a curious "knock-up" job, chiefly composed of standard box-kite fittings.”

  The Aeroplane Speaks

• “Young Men's Club in St. Matthias's, Clapham, and Wauchope helped him by looking in now and then for a knock-up with the gloves.”

  The Combined Maze

• “Let's have a knock-up," he said, hitting a long fly.”

  The Major

• “My present indisposition is nothing but an overstrain and knock-up, which a couple of days 'rest and some homoeopathic powder will easily set right.”

  Letters

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