left, right, goodnight

English

Noun

left, right, goodnight (plural left, right, goodnights)

1. (Commonwealth) A series of three hits (typically punches): one with the left hand, then one with the right hand, then one which knocks the recipient out.
   • 2020 June 20, Logan Beadnell-Davies, The Black Age - Book 1, Logan Beadnell-Davies:

     As he wasn't yet on the floor, Jamie finished him off with a brutal 'left, right, goodnight' to the jaw, which knocked the boy out cold.

   • 2023 September 14, Amir Khan, Fight For Your Life: The must-read, astonishingly revealing memoir with life lessons from the UK’s favourite boxer, Random House, →ISBN:

     It was the left hook a few seconds later that really did for me. At that point I really should have gone into full-on defensive mode and tried to kill the seconds and ride out the round but instead, and this is where inexperience comes in, I tried to counter-attack. I was in no state to do so. A classic left, right, goodnight and it was all over.

   • 2024 November 7, Katie Kennedy, The History Gossip: Was Anne of Cleves a Minger? and 365 Other Historical Curiosities, Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN:

     The snickers at him announcing himself as 'Dick' were soon put to a halt when he whipped those guns out, giving you a good 'left, right, goodnight' if you didn't hand over those gunky pearl earrings that had never seen an anti-bac wipe.