knuller

English

Alternative forms

  • kneller

Etymology

Alteration of knoller (“one who rings a bell”), from the practice of chimney sweeps going door to door, ringing on doorbells.

Noun

knuller (plural knullers)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A chimney sweep who solicited work by ringing a bell.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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