In 1872, Creelman moved to New York, where his interest in literature and law attracted the patronage of Thomas De Witt Talmage and Republican party boss Roscoe Conking.

As always, he will try not to conk his wife during the night.

Always tried its best to get me home before conking out.

I conked one on the head and put the other up against the wall.

Maybe I needed to conk out for a week more often.

Conked his head on the floor and went out cold.

She put me in it while I was conked out, he thought.

We get down after five days of it and then I conk out myself.

She let him in, he conked her on the head, and walked out.

We all conked our heads several times the first night.

You'd hate for him to conk out a couple miles away.

It was necessary at this point, I kept conking out on them.

"But I'd sure like to lay my hands on the guy who conked me!"

Last week, two days were lost because the power generator conked out.

The problem was, when he took the additional minutes every morning, he'd conk out in front of the television earlier at night.

I kind of conked out on a sofa for a while.

"He thought I was conking into the bushes at the side of the road!"

Chavez conked him with a left followed by a right.

At in we'd just turned round the corner and it conked out.

Well, except for when her neighbor got conked on the head.

"One look at him, and I just about conked out!"

Smash always conked out when he had nothing physical to do.

"Started back over the bridge, heard the car starting to conk out."

"Like, conk you over the head and run for it?"

Wharton was conked out, but a long way from dead.

"I'd like to find out if he knows who conked him."