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My favorite is the "knocker-up"! A knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well
by baxtr 7y ago
My favorite is the "knocker-up"!
A knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were neither cheap nor reliable, and to as late as the beginning of the 1920s. A knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.
from Wikipedia
- cpach 7y agoSome mornings I could really find use for that kind of services.
- myself248 7y agoBe VERY careful in how you word that Craigslist gigs posting.
- fanf2 7y agoI’m slightly surprised that the Wikipedia page doesn’t mention that the term “knocking up” is still used by political campaigners in the context of rousing people to vote if they have asked to be reminded early on election day.
- Sharlin 7y agoThis reminds me of one of the tasks that was traditionally assigned to the church carekeeper, or sacristan[1], in Finland (Finnish: suntio): to poke dozing churchgoers with a long stick to keep them awake during a mass! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacristan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacristan
- C1sc0cat 7y agoIts also a political term in the UK. On the day of the election checking your known supporters have voted is still called "knocking up"
- auiya 7y agoOur political leaders in the US attempt to knock-up all their constituents as well, but to a much different effect.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoKnock up means something else completely different in American English.