kitchen-door

I approached it in the deepening twilight, going around to the kitchen-door.

Confession 2010

Realism constitutes the only goods one can exchange in the kitchen-door for grub.

Confession 2010

Not on hitting the target, apparently; but if his calculations have to do with the kitchen-door, then they are more successful.

The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim 2009

In order to open the kitchen-door, he had only to give it a push with his knee; I slipped in.

The South Pole~ A Day at Framheim 2009

Later, we peer through the kitchen-door glass at the residents, who are taking their seats.

Virginity 2008

But this is nothing new either, “I cannot tell if others feel as I do, but when I hear our architects inflating their importance with big words such as pilasters, architraves, cornices, Corinthian style and Doric style, I cannot stop my thoughts from suddenly dwelling on the mighty palaces of Apollidon: yet their deeds concern the wretched parts of my kitchen-door!”

The Emptiness of Words « So Many Books 2004

Caroline was in a moment at the kitchen-door behind Fanny; the shadow of the shovel-hat at that very instant fell on a moonlit tomb; the Rector emerged erect as a cane, from his garden, and proceeded in slow march, his hands behind him, down the cemetery.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

I would have come to the kitchen-door; the servant should have let me in; and I would have walked straight upstairs.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

Through the open kitchen-door the court is visible, all sunny and gay, and peopled with turkeys and their poults, peahens and their chicks, pearl - flecked Guinea fowls, and

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

Scarcely was this information imparted when a knock at the kitchen-door announced the Fieldhead errand-boy, arrived in hot haste, bearing a billet from Mrs. Pryor.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004