knocker-upper

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词形变化

knocker-uppers 复数 knocker-uppers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of knocker-up (person who knocks to awaken in the morning).

  2. 2.

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  3. 3.

    The male who has sired a pregnancy.

    幽默 非正式

    What, Shelley is pregnant?! Who's the knocker-upper? [ = Who's the father?]

词源

By a regular pattern for (informal) nouns seen also in similar forms, such as fixer-upper and cleaner-upper; the sire sense involves an extra degree of wordplay, as an alternative surface analysis of knock (h)er up + -er is playfully apparent (who knocked 'er up?).

来源：wiktionary