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noun
A cooper’s knocker-up; a tool used to lift or level a cask head from inside the cask.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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History
From devil + tail; applied in Scotland to a cooper’s “knocking-up” tool (cask-head lifter).
