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'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915
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this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2023
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That's if you had money, of you were broke you'd rent a penny layover and yes that's where the phrase comes.
You'd literally lay over a rope to sleep and they'd pull the knot loose at a set time in the morning, anyone still on it woke up when they hit the floor.
you mean "hangover" (scroll ~halfway down), not layover.
Hah right thing wrong name, my apologies.