knock-in

Updated: June 16, 2025

The waiter began by answering that the Blue Posts, though open day and night, would take it as a favour if gentlemen patronising the house would make it convenient to knock-in before midnight, and, if possible, retire to their rooms before that hour. He understood our desire to see the town; "it was, in fact, the usual thing, under the circumstances." "Fair-time?" I asked.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Merry-Garden and Other Stories