22-07-2020, 03:06 PM
Tony I shamelessly copy a description from Google
' The phrase [b]to knock into a cocked hat[/b], of American origin, means [b]to outdo or defeat[/b], [b]to damage or spoil completely[/b].'
and referencing the upturned 3 cornered hat
' ,His dress consists of a hat with “no rim nor nothing, “[b]knocked into a cocked hat[/b]” by hard usage, and covered with various kinds of grass-seed, chalk, white-wash, cob-webs and stable litter. '
shamelessly my new word pinched from this very thread
' The phrase [b]to knock into a cocked hat[/b], of American origin, means [b]to outdo or defeat[/b], [b]to damage or spoil completely[/b].'
and referencing the upturned 3 cornered hat
' ,His dress consists of a hat with “no rim nor nothing, “[b]knocked into a cocked hat[/b]” by hard usage, and covered with various kinds of grass-seed, chalk, white-wash, cob-webs and stable litter. '
shamelessly my new word pinched from this very thread