Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spring-catch placed on the floor or wall behind a car-door and designed to catch the door when it is opened and hold it open.
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I forgot to tell you that Lady Elizabeth Belgrave, [Footnote: Daughter of the first Duke of Sutherland] as pretty and winning as ever, came to see us with Lady Stafford; and yesterday, the third time of calling at her door, I was told by a pimpled, red-blotched door-holder that "her ladyship was not at home," but after he had turned the card to another form out of livery, he said, "My lady is at home to you, ma'am."
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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