knocker-up

noun

Definitions

  1. A person whose job was to go from house to house in the early morning and wake up workers…

    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.

    • He [Driver Carruthers] started on the L.N.W.R. in 1907 as a knocker-up for four years, then became a cleaner, fireman, and finally a driver.

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