Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A door-post.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
jamb orsidepiece of adoor .
Etymologies
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door + cheek
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Examples
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Its a deserted now; and I sat on the broken doorcheek three days since, and was glad I couldna see the plight the place was inbut thats a wide o the mark.
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"A cauld night and a dreary too," sighed poor Boniface, as he bowed, and hastening to seize the stranger's bridle, buckled it to a ring at the doorcheek; "but the sicht of a visitor does gude to my heart; step in, sir.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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