Green’s Dictionary of Slang

striking adj.

[linked to such excls. as strike me dead! under strike me...! excl.]

(W.I.) a general intensifier.

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[UK]T. White Catch a Fire 145: Why dese quashie [foolish] boys don’ wear da dam strikin’ goggles hangin’ ’round deere strikin’ necks.
[UK](con. c.1945) A. Wheatle Island Songs (2006) 29: Don’t argue wid me chile! Go to ya strikin’ bed before me box yuh! [Ibid.] (con. 1953) 117: Go away liccle bull-bottom-face bwai to ya strikin’ plot!