Definitions

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  • noun slang A woman's breasts.
  • noun Plural form of knocker.

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Examples

  • But it creates new problems fo-r more conservative Democrats in some of the nation's closest contests — those that could tip the balance of power in Congress — who aren't getting millions of dollars worth of TV ads, election mailings and door-knockers from the groups.

    Unions Shun Unreceptive Candidates Brody Mullins 2010

  • We have no sympathy with what you call the knockers who are in high places in the Motherland.

    Australia's Part in the Scheme of Empire 1915

  • She talked about the ones who shoot the cows in the forehead, "knockers" I think she called it.

    Inside Cargill - knee deep in blood 2009

  • There, you thought I was going to say 'knockers' didn't you? just because I come from Essex ...

    Jodie Marsh Eats Phil Willis MP for Breakfast 2006

  • I have a feeling Napoleon might be bringing you all kinds of knickers oops I just typed 'knockers' by accident! luck.

    I hardly know where to begin with this one 2005

  • You know there are always "knockers," and I knew quite a few.

    Dave Ranney Dave Ranney

  • The "knockers" boo-ed him from their shores and said he was crazy, but history plants his feet on the topmost rung of fame long after the bitter end, when short commons were with him uncommon short.

    A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

  • Once crowded in here, the creatures were prisoned, each in a separate pen, by gates that shut, leaving them no room to turn around; and while they stood bellowing and plunging, over the top of the pen there leaned one of the "knockers," armed with a sledge hammer, and watching for a chance to deal a blow.

    The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Once crowded in here, the creatures were prisoned, each in a separate pen, by gates that shut, leaving them no room to turn around; and while they stood bellowing and plunging, over the top of the pen there leaned one of the "knockers," armed with a sledge hammer, and watching for a chance to deal a blow.

    The Jungle 1906

  • In order to watch M. de Coralth, he had again arrayed himself in his cast-off clothes, and with his blouse and his worn-out shoes, his "knockers" and his glazed cap, he looked the vagabond to perfection.

    Baron Trigault's Vengeance ��mile Gaboriau 1852

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