Sunday, June 08, 2014

Word of the day: cold-cock

The word of the day is cold-cock:
  
to knock (a person) unconscious (U.S. slang). (OED)


"The guy with the hand is Lucas Filby.  I was about to arrest him when he cold-cocked me.  Next thing I know, I'm here."

 - Didge, "Live Like Lazarus", The Unwritten Volume 8: Orpheus in the Underworld, Mike Carey and Peter Gross

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