appleknocker

[ap-uh l-nok-er] /ˈæp əlˌnɒk ər/
noun, Slang.
1.
Northern U.S. a rustic.
2.
a farm laborer, especially a fruit picker.
Origin
1910-15; apple + knocker; from the practice of picking apples by knocking them from trees
Slang definitions & phrases for apple-knocker

apple-knocker

noun
  1. Any fruit picker, esp a migratory orchard worker
  2. A rural person; unsophisticated rustic; hick

[fr the practice of knocking apples out of trees]