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    Re: Job specific titles for train and rail crew —Tim David
   To my knowledge the original term 'knocker up' referred to someone, usually an apprentice who went round very early in the morning and woke the train crew by knocking on their windows with a stick. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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