Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
knocker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door, which may be swung by hand against the door to make a loud knocking sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
knocker mounted on adoor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
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Examples
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Emile Wamsteker for The Wall Street Journal A PENewark canvasser leaves a "doorknocker" on the doorknob of a residence in the East Ward.
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It's modern day London, and the Greek gods are shacked up in a rundown house, complete with a laurel wreath doorknocker.
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It's modern day London, and the Greek gods are shacked up in a rundown house, complete with a laurel wreath doorknocker.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Col. Rooney removed Wilson's Jacuzzi, but kept his riding stirrup doorknocker.
James W. Rooney, 65, dies; aide to renegade Texas congressman Charlie Wilson 2010
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The doorknocker for Jasperwood is a commanding annunciator; even a Girl Scout sounds like the Gestapo.
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But now he wore a beard on his chin and lip of the kind called a "doorknocker."
Nutrition 2010
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The doorknocker for Jasperwood is a commanding annunciator; even a Girl Scout sounds like the Gestapo.
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The doorknocker for Jasperwood is a commanding annunciator; even a Girl Scout sounds like the Gestapo.
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The ghostly doorknocker, the clanging chains, the terrible figures of ignorance and want – this is the stuff of nightmares.
What the Dickens? 2009
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The ghostly doorknocker, the clanging chains, the terrible figures of ignorance and want – this is the stuff of nightmares.
alexz commented on the word doorknocker
today, I saw this term as a political volunteer who knocks on everyone's doors to promote a politician.
The example tweets and examples have this used for beards, or amnything that hangs from the top.
March 19, 2017