Definition & Meaning | English word KNOCKER-UP
KNOCKER-UP
Definitions of KNOCKER-UP
- (British, historical) 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.
Number of letters
10
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using KNOCKER-UP in a Sentence
- One famous photograph shot in 1931 by John Topham shows a knocker-up in East London using a pea-shooter.
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