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Job of waking people up
Look up knocker-up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A knocker-up or knocker-upper had the job of rousing sleeping people so they could get to work
Knocker-up
British woman, active c. 1900–1934
Mary Ann Smith was an English knocker-upper who worked in London from the 1900s to the 1930s. She used a pea shooter and dried peas as her implements
Mary_Smith_(knocker_upper)
Topics referred to by the same term
Knocker and knockers may refer to: Elsie Knocker (1884–1978), British nurse and ambulance driver in World War I who won numerous medals for bravery Knocker
Knocker
Telephone service allowing one to wake up at a specified time
wake up resting flight attendants or pilots from their controlled rest. Knocker-up Pickett, Joseph P., ed. (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary. Boston:
Wake-up_call
2022-07-09. Retrieved 2018-04-03. Peek, Sitala (27 March 2016). "Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-09-18
List_of_obsolete_occupations
Type of clock
[better source needed] Delayed sleep phase syndrome Digital clock Knocker-up Light therapy Teasmade Timer Wake-up call Hodkin, Thomas (2015). Collecting Clocks Clock
Alarm_clock
Topics referred to by the same term
Knocking up may refer to: Canvassing, a political activity, in British English Fertilisation, colloquially Knocker-up, an obsolete profession This disambiguation
Knocking_up
British television series
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
The_Worst_Jobs_in_History
Messenger of public announcements
Vic Garth, reputed in 2005 to be the oldest town crier in the world. Knocker-up, the antiquated profession of human alarm clock. List of obsolete occupations
Town_crier
American writer
Scott Simon on National Public Radio of her book Mary Smith about a "knocker-up" also illustrated by Ms. U'Ren (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003) . U'Ren's
Andrea_U'Ren
British documentary photographer (1908–1992)
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
John_Topham_(photographer)
Japanese media franchise
a horrific and unnatural murder. He and his friends are chosen to be "Knocker Up" after they encounter a monster. Rando and his friends must investigate
D_Cide_Traumerei
Open-air museum in County Durham, England
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
Beamish_Museum
British nurse and ambulance driver (1884–1978)
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
Elsie_Knocker
English violinist and teacher
Editha Grace Knocker (2 March 1869 – 19 September 1950) was an English violinist, conductor, teacher and author. Knocker was born in Exmouth, Devon, the
Editha_Knocker
Type of card game
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
Golf_(card_game)
Ride cymbal design
Gene Krupa and the Avedis Zildjian Company. The current Zildjian Swish Knocker is a redesign of their original swish, with more rivets, deeper bow and
Swish_cymbal
Tool
A post pounder, post driver, post rammer, post knocker or fence driver is a tool used for driving fence posts and similar items into land surfaces. It
Post_pounder
ambulance driver in the First World War. She, together with her friend Elsie Knocker, won numerous medals for bravery and for saving the lives of thousands
Mairi_Chisholm
Bomber leaves Hammersley after her affair with 2Dads. Commander Maxine "Knocker" White, played by Tammy MacIntosh in Series 4 and 5, is the shore-based
List_of_Sea_Patrol_characters
Gambling card game
involving the knocker for the lowest score, the knocker is safe. If the knocker does not have a higher value than at least one other player, the knocker loses
Thirty-one_(card_game)
1947 film
excellently produced with an essentially north country institution, that of the knocker-up, and north country accents and atmosphere are, for the most part, well
Fame_Is_the_Spur_(film)
Fictional characters in Kevin Smith's View Askew universe
Bluntmobile into the Bluntcave. Cock-Knocker then exits the Quick Stop, only to step in Dickhead's spleen. Cock-Knocker breaks into the Bluntcave, where he
Bluntman_and_Chronic
Israel Defense Forces practice
some cases, residents who were warned about an impending bombing climbed up voluntarily to their roofs to show they would not leave. When Nizar Rayan
Roof_knocking
Town in Leicestershire, England
weighing stone from the old Parish Quarry.[citation needed] In the village a knocker-up was employed in the 1880s and for over 50 years ensured that people attended
Earl_Shilton
2001 film by Iain Softley
alter ego of Robert Porter, a man from New Mexico who had worked as a 'knocker' (animal slaughterer) in a local abattoir, and attempted suicide in 1996
K-PAX
Promoting a town or organization, with the goal of improving public perception of it
Needful Knocker", boosting was the opposite of knocking. The editorial explained: The booster's enthusiasm is the motive force which builds up our American
Boosterism
1936 film by Redd Davis
" The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Debut of Betty Fields as Lancashire 'knocker-up' responsible for breaking mill strike. Principal entertainment derives
On_Top_of_the_World_(film)
British brand name bread
Dusty Springfield singing a jingle called "Knocker-Upper" (which, in the UK, can refer to someone who wakes up other people).[better source needed] In May
Mother's_Pride
1956 British film by Jay Lewis
to live up to his pledge to reform his behaviour, he is provoked by two sailors from another ship and starts a fight while his friend 'Knocker' is dancing
The_Baby_and_the_Battleship
1986 film by Jim Henson
palace at the labyrinth's center. After falling down a trapdoor, Sarah ends up in an oubliette where she reunites with Hoggle. The two are confronted by
Labyrinth_(1986_film)
American serial killer (born 1960)
2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019. "Recently released 'The Parable of the Knocker' sheds new light on Charles Severance". April 22, 2020. Megan Cloherty
Charles Severance (serial killer)
Charles_Severance_(serial_killer)
Seven-note rhythm and melody
(both in a minor or major key) or rhythmically, for example as a door knocker. "Two bits" is a term in the United States and Canada for 25 cents, equivalent
Shave_and_a_Haircut
Lighthouse
In 2016 Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust acquired two historic tugboats, the Knocker White and the Varlet from the Museum of London Docklands. Both vessels
Trinity_Buoy_Wharf
British retired comedian (born 1962)
Jupitus has played Councillor Cowdrey in CITV children's series Bottom Knocker Street since its first series in summer 2013. Jupitus has presented several
Phill_Jupitus
Metal formed into thin, flat pieces
Sheet metal can be cut in various ways, from hand tools called tin snips up to very large powered shears. With the advances in technology, sheet metal
Sheet_metal
Legendary water dragon of Sussex, England
the words "Nykur" (Icelandic water horse), "Nickel" (German goblin), "Knocker" (Cornish goblin), "Näcken" and "Neck" (Scandinavian water men and water
Knucker
a band called The Mini-Munsters. Clyde the Door Knocker (portrayed by Noel Ferrier) - A door knocker of the Munster Mansion who was shown in The Munsters'
List of The Munsters characters
List_of_The_Munsters_characters
home apple-knocker 1. Farm laborer mostly a Fruit picker 2. Country bumpkin or Hick Example A "cotton glaumer" picks cotton, an "apple knocker" picks apples
Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States
Glossary_of_early_twentieth_century_slang_in_the_United_States
Small playhouse for children
green. John's hat was used as a chimney and a slipper was used as a door knocker. Toy manufacturers soon created replicas of the stage Wendy house, which
Wendy_house
American sports film
with his alcoholic family while junior Alvin Mack gives his mother a door knocker for the house he will buy when he turns pro. Running back Darnell Jefferson
The_Program_(1993_film)
Florentine banker and head of Pazzi family (1423–1478)
door of the Palazzo Pazzi, where his head was mockingly used as a door knocker. After that, his body was thrown into the Arno, where it was retrieved
Jacopo_de'_Pazzi
Mythological demon that seduces women
nightmare and a heavy weight is felt on the chest. Yet, people cannot wake up from that state. Some of the causes are sleeping without adequately covering
Incubus
American drummer and record producer
China High, a 22" K Constantinople medium ride, and a 22" riveted swish knocker. He occasionally used a triangle on his kit, mounted above the hi hats
Jimmy_Chamberlin
Unsolved disappearance in New Mexico, US
which Cayedito, still awake, answered. When she asked who it was, the knocker identified himself as "Uncle Joe". When she opened the door, she was grabbed
Disappearance of Anthonette Cayedito
Disappearance_of_Anthonette_Cayedito
1478 plot in the Republic of Florence
of Palazzo Pazzi, where the rotting head was mockingly used as a door-knocker. From there it was thrown into the Arno; children fished it out and hung
Pazzi_conspiracy
Russian military rifle cartridge
boat-tailed FMJ jacketed projectile with an air pocket, a steel core and a lead knocker in the base for maximum terminal effect. It had a ballistic coefficient
7.62×54mmR
American animated interactive children's television series
she is called. Igor the Door (voiced by David Tennant): A talking door knocker who operates the front door to Count Mikula's castle. Cuckoo the Cuckoo
Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse
Atmospheric ghost lights
Saint Peter at the gates of heaven, but leads such a bad life that he ends up being doomed to wander the earth. The Devil provides him with a single burning
Will-o'-the-wisp
1990 psychological horror drama miniseries
Head Knocker – Pennywise". National Entertainment Collectibles Association. February 16, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2019. "IT (1990) – Body Knocker – Pennywise"
It_(miniseries)
British radio situational comedy
Knocker is a British radio situational comedy broadcast on digital radio station BBC 7, recorded before a live audience. It is written by and stars Neil
Knocker_(radio_series)
English actor and film director (1923–2014)
2011. "Entirely Up to You, Darling by Richard Attenborough". penguin.com.au. Retrieved 19 October 2022. Hawkins, Diana (2009). Entirely Up to You, Darling
Richard_Attenborough
Float made for religious parades
the costaleros cannot pick up or set down the paso except by his leave. This is signalled by the llamador ('crier'), a knocker on the front of the float
Paso_(float)
Sorceress in Arthurian legend
Guinevere a symbolically illustrated magic shield, the crack in which closes up after the queen finally spends her first night with him) and personally arrives
Lady_of_the_Lake
Name list
Look up Editha in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Editha is a feminine given name. Notable people with this name include: Editha Knocker (1869–1950),
Editha_(given_name)
American author, journalist, and social activist (1876–1916)
substance left, with which he made the knocker.' Were it not for being irreverent, we would suggest that He was hard up for something to do when He made any
Jack_London
Mythological humanoid creatures of small stature
a Leprechaun, albeit more inebriated Coblyn - Welsh and Welsh-American knocker similar to bluecap Far Darrig - Vicious leprechaun-like Irish fairy clad
Little_people_(mythology)
British novelist, poet, and playwright (1911–1993)
memories from his past. At one point, Golding described setting his students up into two groups to fight each other – an experience he drew on when writing
William_Golding
British TV presenter, producer and director
broadcasting. One such statement was at the end of a piece on a replacement door knocker at Durham Cathedral, declaring "what a beautiful pair of knockers".[better source needed]
Simon_Groom
English actor (1940–1984)
episode "Hi-Jack" (1973) — Brian Peake Dixon of Dock Green, episode "Knocker" (1974) — Jimmy Goddard Softly, Softly: Task Force, episode "See What You've
Alan_Lake
Shape-shifting water spirit in Scottish folklore
19th-century kelpie that haunted the woods and shores of Loch Ness was tacked up with its own saddle and bridle. A fable attached to the notoriously nasty
Kelpie
Card game, recorded as early as 1441
pass, or (b) "hold" (ich halte!), placing a stake equal to that of the knocker, or (c) "knock higher" (ich poche nach!), i.e. raise, and add a higher
Poch
British van, lorry and bus manufacturer
horizontally opposed piston engine, which came to be known as the "Commer Knocker" owing to the distinct noise it produced. Newer Commer vehicles had Perkins
Commer
Joseph Fuchs [pupils] Lillian Fuchs Joan Field this teacher's teachers Knocker (1869–1950) studied with teachers including Joseph Joachim. Sybil Eaton
List of music students by teacher: K to M
List_of_music_students_by_teacher:_K_to_M
Legendary king of the Britons
echoing William of Newburgh's late-12th-century comment that Geoffrey "made up" his narrative, perhaps through an "inordinate love of lying". Geoffrey Ashe
King_Arthur
Legendary human-like creatures
Klabautermannikin, Kaboutermannikin) – A water kobold or nix in German folklore. Knocker (or knacker, tommyknocker) – Mischievous subterranean, gnome-like spirits
Mythic_humanoids
Mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore
his return; when he dismounts, the three centuries that have passed catch up with him, reducing him to an aged man. King Herla (O.E. "Herla cyning"), originally
Fairy
English civil and locomotive engineer (1803–1859)
unwanted visitors when aboard, he referred to her as "the house that has no knocker"; when he went aboard, he seemed to grow younger and would behave like
Robert_Stephenson
1981 studio album by Kiss
front-cover appearance. According to one story, the hand reaching for the door knocker is not that of Stanley: Aucoin has stated that it belongs to a hand model
Music_from_"The_Elder"
Bluecap Elemental Dwarf Earth Dragon Gargoyle Giant Gnome Goblin Golem Knocker (folklore) Monopod Nymph Ogre Oread Ten Ten-Vilu Troll Basan Bluecap Cherufe
List of legendary creatures by type
List_of_legendary_creatures_by_type
Australian actress
Beauty. She had a recurring role on Sea Patrol portraying Commander Maxine "Knocker" White. She also played Doctor Elizabeth "Mac" Macmillan in ABC's crime
Tammy_MacIntosh
Archaic Scottish alternative to a door-knocker
was used to announce a visitor's presence at a door, in lieu of a door-knocker. It consisted of a ring and a serrated rod, along which the ring could
Tirling_pin
out of the rage of unrequited love Klabautermann (German) – Ship spirit Knocker (folklore) (Cornish and Welsh) – Little people and mine spirits Knucker
List of legendary creatures (K)
List_of_legendary_creatures_(K)
Topics referred to by the same term
Tieche Smith (1918–1987), first lady of West Virginia Mary Smith (knocker upper), knocker upper in 1930s London Mary Fielding Smith (1801–1852), American
Mary_Smith
Covering of furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather
Needle guards Rubber mallet Scissors Sewing machine Staple gun Staple knocker (staple puller) Upholstery hammer Upholstery needles (round point curved
Upholstery
Flags For Geebag" Missing N/A 8 June 1958 (1958-06-08) Donald Pleasence (Knocker), Jack MacGowran (Vince), Kenneth Warren (Fred), Lyle O'Hara (Julie), John
List of Armchair Theatre episodes
List_of_Armchair_Theatre_episodes
Italian noble family in the Middle Ages
of Palazzo Pazzi, where the rotting head was mockingly used as a door-knocker. From there it was thrown into the Arno; children fished it out and hung
Pazzi
American horror film
fetishism with the brass knocker on Zaroff's door in the shape of a centaur holding a woman. Using the knocker requires picking up the body of the woman
The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
The_Most_Dangerous_Game_(1932_film)
English novelist (1907–1989)
inspiration for the characters in the play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. She was also a cousin of director Gabrielle Beaumont. As a child, du Maurier
Daphne_du_Maurier
Japanese mythological creatures
while on his journey, he meets a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant who partner up with him to defeat the demons on the island, and once the demons have been
Oni
Reorganization Chapter V: The Battle of Dodobird Chapter VI: Operation Door Knocker 5 Abyssus Abyssum Invocat January 30, 2016 978-4-04-730902-9 March 26,
List of The Saga of Tanya the Evil volumes
List_of_The_Saga_of_Tanya_the_Evil_volumes
Legendary animal
Harry Potter series, the character Albus Dumbledore has a griffin-shaped knocker. Also, the character Godric Gryffindor's surname is a variation on the
Griffin
American filmmaker
Redford as bank robber, Forrest Tucker, and Casey Affleck. Lowery followed up The Old Man and the Gun with the medieval fantasy The Green Knight which stars
David_Lowery_(director)
Carved pumpkin or root vegetable lantern
edition of the Daily News (Kingston, Ontario): The old time custom of keeping up Hallowe'en was not forgotten last night by the youngsters of the city. They
Jack-o'-lantern
Legendary aquatic creature with an upper body in human female form
approaching rough weather, and some have been described as monstrous in size, up to 2,000 feet (610 m). In another short ballad, "Clerk Colvill" (Child ballad
Mermaid
2020 single by Cardi B
they also appear in a snake-filled room. For this transition, the door knocker comes alive as a snake and eats the camera. The next scene shows both rappers
WAP_(song)
Series of children's books
their cage, the twins free Mallory and meet a strange creature, called a knocker, who tells them the way out by listening to the stones. They next see a
The_Spiderwick_Chronicles
Mythological creature
discovers the key to the chest in her husband's usual clothes when he dresses up for a Christmas outing, and the seal woman is reunited with the male seal
Selkie
Device that allows for the quick removal of a staple
Overland Park, Kansas, in 1971, but has not seen significant use. Staple knocker Staple gun Pareidolia - Staple removers are commonly associated with animal
Staple_remover
Cat spirit in Celtic mythology
"What?! Old Tim dead! Then I'm the King o' the Cats!" The cat then climbs up the chimney and is never seen again. The cat-sìth were believed to steal the
Cat-sìth
American instrumental ensemble of the 60s
C. Gamble, was flown over in October 1962 to promote the follow-up, "Apple Knocker", based on Rossini's William Tell Overture. However, neither that
B._Bumble_and_the_Stingers
American political campaign
Retrieved July 17, 2023. Scherer, Michael; Dawsey, Josh (July 14, 2023). "Door-knocker complaints show risks of DeSantis super PAC strategy". The Washington Post
Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign
Ron_DeSantis_2024_presidential_campaign
Former British ocean liner
all at a cost of up to $250 million. In May 2019, Urban Commons formed Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Trust with the goal of generating up to $566 million
RMS_Queen_Mary
as Achmed in Carry On Columbus. Phil Silvers (1911–1985), as Sergeant Knocker in Follow That Camel. Susan Stephen (1931–2000), as Nurse Georgie Axwell
List of Carry On films cast members
List_of_Carry_On_films_cast_members
Brasenose Hall. Its name is believed to derive from the name of a bronze knocker that adorned the hall's door. The college was associated with Lancashire
History of Brasenose College, Oxford
History_of_Brasenose_College,_Oxford
Cornish dish made of baked fish
shark to sy! A aech wed clunk as ealth wer drunk En bumpers bremmen y, An wen up caam Tom Bawcock's naam We praesed un to tha sky. — Robert Morton Nance (1873–1959)
Stargazy_pie
1946 film by Jean Cocteau
because in La Chatte blanche, the magical castle has a deer head as its door knocker. He also thought it would be linked to the myth of the Celtic god Cernunnos
Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)
Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1946_film)
Arcade entertainment machine
with a rod, known as a knocker, or less commonly with loudspeakers. "Knocking" is the act of winning a free game when the knocker makes the loud and distinctive
Pinball
National monument in Taipei, Taiwan
grounds of the Memorial Hall The Gate of Great Piety, a side gate Door knocker on a lower level entrance The Memorial Hall Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Chiang_Kai-shek_Memorial_Hall
American throwing game
one rung). There are also optional rules for bonus points including a 'knocker' (the balls of the bola hitting each other), a 'banger' (the balls of the
Ladder_toss
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