knockout drops

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plural noun

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

Origin of knockout drops

First recorded in 1890–95

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Related Words for knockout drops

peter, mickey

British Dictionary definitions for knockout drops

knockout drops

pl n

slang a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefactionSee also Mickey Finn

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