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knocker-upper

knocker-upper · knocker-uppers

Значення

значень: 2

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(жартівливе, розмовне)The male who has sired a pregnancy.
What, Shelley is pregnant?! Who's the knocker-upper? [ = Who's the father?]

Походження

By a regular pattern for (informal) nouns seen also in similar forms, such as fixer-upper

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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