1771. Smollett, Humphry Clinker, L. 62. In passing the sands
without a guide, his horse had knocked up; and he himself must have
perished, if he had not been providentially relieved by a return
post-chaise.
1814. Miss Austen, Mansfield Park, vii. If Fanny would be more
regular in her exercise, she would not be knocked up so soon.
1843. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xvii. p. 187. ‘I am quite knocked
up. Dead beat, Mark.’
1867. All the Year Round, 13 July, 59. You had better go by train,
and not run the risk of knocking yourself up again.
Knocked up, phr. (American).—Pregnant.
To get the knock, verb. phr. (colloquial).—1. To drink; to get screwed
(q.v.).