English Explanatory Dictionary

knocker-up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person whose job was to go from house to house in the early morning and wake up workers by tapping on the bedroom window with a long pole or similarly convenient implement.

Word forms

knocker-up knocker-ups knocker-upper knocker up
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