Hmmm, Foolestroupe, surely you've heard "knocked up" in the sense of "very weary" or "exhausted"?
As in the poem
"He was driving Irish tandem, but perhaps I speak at random - "I'd forgotten for the moment that you're not all mulga bred - "That means he had his swag up through having knocked his horse up"
It can also mean brought them to the door by knocking on it.
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