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knocker-upper

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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?).

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    knocker-upper (plural knocker-uppers)

    1. Alternative form of knocker-up (person who knocks to awaken in the morning).
    2. (in coopering, a tool to hammer the top head of a cask into place through the bung hole).
    3. (informal, humorous) The male who has sired a pregnancy.
      Synonyms: sire, father, dad, daddy, baby daddy
      What, Shelley is pregnant?! Who's the knocker-upper? [ = Who's the father?]
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