1775. Fielding, Tom Jones, bk. VIII., ch. ii. My good landlady was (according to vulgar phrase) struck all of a heap by this relation.
1775. Sheridan, Duenna, ii., 2. That was just my case, too, Madam; I was struck all of a heap for my part.
1817. Scott, Rob Roy, ch. xxiv. The interrogatory seemed to strike the honest magistrate, to use the vulgar phrase, all of a heap.
1832. Egan, Book of Sports, s.v. All of a heap and all of a lump, unmistakably doubled up by a smasher.
1836. Dickens, Pickwick. ‘And what’s the lady’s name?’ says the lawyer. My father was struck all of a heap. ‘Blessed if I know,’ said he.
1888. J. McCarthy and Mrs. Campbell-Praed, The Ladies’ Gallery, ch. xiv. The idea seemed to take him all of a heap.
1891. Scots’ Mag., Oct., p. 321. Spinks and Durward were struck, as we may say, all of a heap, when they fully realised that Folio had disappeared.
Heaped, adj. (racing).—1. Hard put to it; floored (q.v.).
1884. Hawley Smart, From Post to Finish, p. 158. They’ve all heard of Blackton’s accident, and fancy we’re fairly heaped for someone to ride.
2. (venery).—Piled in the act.