knocker-upper

obsolete A person employed to knock on people's doors and wake them up for work. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. A knocker-upper would use a long pole to tap on apartment windows and wake up the people inside. Considering how Joe sleeps through every alarm, he could use a modern-day knocker-upper!

See also:

knocker-up
(as) black as Newgate's knocker
knocker
up to the knocker
knock about with (one)
knock up
knocked up
knock somebody dead
knock someone dead
knock (one) dead

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