Knockout-drops
plural noun
1.
chloral hydrate or any similar rapidly acting drug, especially one put in a drink secretly to make the drinker unconscious.
plural noun
1.
(slang) a drug secretly put into someone’s drink to cause stupefaction See also Mickey Finn
noun phrase
Chloral hydrate or another stupefacient drug, esp when put into a drink of liquor; mickey finn (1876+)
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