knocked-down

knocked-down
/nokt"down"/, adj.
1. composed of parts or units that can be disassembled: knocked-down furniture.
2. Informal. condensed, abridged, simplified, unadorned, etc.: a knocked-down version of a Broadway musical.
[1770-80]

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