to "_knock up_"
knock up In early teaching days, 1958-62, at St. Mary's, I was telling the children (ages 8-16) about the Lancashire (England) cotton towns & said that in the early morning, a man goes round & knocks up the factory girls. Class reaction - "Ooh! Miss" - & many giggles. Teac...
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/39013 |
| Summary: | knock up In early teaching days, 1958-62, at St. Mary's, I was telling the children (ages 8-16) about the Lancashire (England) cotton towns & said that in the early morning, a man goes round & knocks up the factory girls. Class reaction - "Ooh! Miss" - & many giggles. Teacher's reaction - When I asked for explanation - they blushed & would not say anything. Friends . . . laughed & gave explanation - to "knock up" here denotes sexual intercourse - & you _don't_ say it! In Lancs - means that the man taps on the bedroom windows with a long pole to wake up the girls to go to work at the mill. JH 5/71 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Thu 13 Aug 2015 |
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