subs. (common).—Skittles.
1828. BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Living Picture of London, 263. The charms of nine-pins—whether this be of skittles, KNOCK-’EM-DOWNS, bowl-and-tip, dutch-pins, or the more sturdy four-corners.
1872. Fun, Sept. A man, the proud possessor of KNOCK-ME-DOWNS, was brought up at Wandsworth police-court the other day for plying his trade on Putney Common.
