knive up

present singular third person knives up · participle present kniving up · participle past knived up · past knived up

1. alternativeAlternative form of knife up.

   And it was still snowing, but here and there jonquils knived up.

   1959, “The Year Is Eight Months Long”, in Brian Riordan Bremner, editor, The Musketeer, Cincinnati, Oh.: Xavier University, →OCLC, page 75, column 2

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   The gentleman with a concave front and a large watch chain inquired of the kittinish^([sic]) old lady at the pie counter at the railroad station, “what kind of pie do you serve here?” “All four kinds,” she replied with smiling disdain. “What are they?” “Open faced, cross bar, knived up and the kind mother used to make.”

   1912 October 5, “Four Kinds of Pie. (From the Swanton Courier.)”, in Burlington Daily Free Press, volume 78, number 240, Burlington, Vt., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5

   One task force knived up the northwest side of the Iron Triangle, broke through Red defenses, and destroyed several enemy tanks.

   1951 September 22, UP [United Press], “Allied Forces Seize Crest of Key Hill”, in Muskogee Daily Phoenix, city edition, volume XLX, number 262, Muskogee, Okla., →OCLC, page 2, column 4

   Rodriguez’s sister gets raped and knived up the way we had cut up the other gang. She was stabbed all over the head and chest.

   1978, Albert D. Werder, “Bo Mitchell”, in A Spartan Education, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.: Beekman Publishers, →ISBN, page 124

   I came down from London six years ago. That was an idea knived up with a friend of mine and his missus and my girlfriend at the time. It was like — we didn’t even know anything about the place — just a load of houses. We were living in a one bedroom thing in London — stick your feet out of bed and you’re in the oven!

   1985, Manfred Ambrosius, “The Philosopher’s Tale”, in Jane Turner, Bob Jardine, Pioneer Tales: A New Life in Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: People’s Press of Milton Keynes, →ISBN, page 6, column 2

   Men could be blown apart or knived up to the last minute in a war or die of tropical diseases far from medical help.

   1994, June Francis, chapter 21, in Lily’s War, London: Judy Piatkus (Publishers), →ISBN, page 292