Look up knocker-up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A knocker-up or knocker-upper was a member of a profession in the Netherlands, Britain, Ireland...
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Knocker and knockers may refer to: Knocker (folklore), mythical creature in Welsh and Cornish folklore Knocker (radio series) People: Elsie Knocker (1884–1978)...
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wake up resting flight attendants or pilots from their controlled rest. Knocker-up Pickett, Joseph P., ed. (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary. Boston:...
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Elsie Knocker, later Baroness de T'Serclaes, MM, OStJ (née Elizabeth Blackall Shapter; 29 July 1884 – 26 April 1978) was a British nurse and ambulance...
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waiting. Delayed sleep phase syndrome Digital clock Knocker-up Light therapy Teasmade Timer Wake-up call Hodkin, Thomas (2015). Collecting Clocks Clock...
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several jobs during the runtime of the tv show, one of which was the Knocker-up. Broadcast first in March 2006 on The History Channel in Canada, then...
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Vic Garth, reputed in 2005 to be the oldest town crier in the world. Knocker-up, the antiquated profession of human alarm clock. Nicoll, Allardyce (28...
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penalized: Knocker adds a penalty of 10 or 20 points, or... Knocker's score for the hand is doubled with 5 points added, or... The knocker takes a score...
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Kent, especially around the Sidcup area. A photograph of Mary Smith, a knocker-up, was his first published photograph. He sold it for five pounds, a week's...
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attached to the rear wall were used by the occupier to tell the mine's "knocker up" when they wished to be woken for their next shift. No.2 is presented...
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