Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down17
arrow-up1226arrow-down1external-linkTIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.www.bbc.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoSo then I’m curious how the phrase “knocked up” came to mean getting pregnant.
minus-squareMycelialMass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWake the husband up with a knock, continue route, circle back in abit cause you know hes now gone to work?
So then I’m curious how the phrase “knocked up” came to mean getting pregnant.
Wake the husband up with a knock, continue route, circle back in abit cause you know hes now gone to work?