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'The Last Knockings.'
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Where does this come from ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.To knock (sometimes plus down/out) meant to earn or get paid in both American and Australian slang as far back as the late 19th century. Hence, as Derek outlines above, 'the last knockings' referred to one's final wage at the end of a term of employment. The phrase as such is not recorded anywhere before the late 1930s, though it somehow has a much older 'ring' to it in my opinion.