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  • The Medic was taking recycling outside, as I recall, and they were standing on their doorstep hammering on the (scary-looking) door (it's all black and flat with a lion's-head knocker - looks like something out of a ghost story) having lost their keys.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Fathorse 2008

  • The Medic was taking recycling outside, as I recall, and they were standing on their doorstep hammering on the (scary-looking) door (it's all black and flat with a lion's-head knocker - looks like something out of a ghost story) having lost their keys.

    The Loathesome Tale of Mr. and Mrs. O'Noisigan Fathorse 2008

  • The "Versace" room offers warm hues and abundant space--not to mention a Gianni Versace-designed bed and a lion's-head fireplace.

    © Prudential Douglas Elliman A grand... 2006

  • No one's getting in here, roared the lion's-head brass knocker in the center of the massive oak door.

    The Burglar On The Prowl Block, Lawrence 2004

  • There was a cast-iron boot scraper at the top of the steps, and on the front door a brass lion's-head knocker.

    The Delicate Storm Blunt, Giles 2003

  • A loud radio blares from inside Big Red's apartment, but she doesn't answer, despite my hammering with her lion's-head door knocker.

    Brannon's Choice Browne, Richard W 2001

  • He made beautiful sideboards which were inlaid and finished with a brass rail around the sides and back of the top, and round or oval or lion's-head handles with rings.

    Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Lucy Abbot Throop

  • After watching the arrival of three or four more chairs and one carriage, I summoned up all my resolution and gave a feeble rat-tat with the massive iron lion's-head which served as knocker.

    The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

  • The Regent's Nile-boat was not less splendid; the wood-work shone with gilding, the cabin was furnished with gay Babylonian carpets; a lion's-head formed the prow, as formerly in Hatasu's sea-going vessels, and two large rubies shone in it, for eyes.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • The Regent's Nile-boat was not less splendid; the wood-work shone with gilding, the cabin was furnished with gay Babylonian carpets; a lion's-head formed the prow, as formerly in Hatasu's sea-going vessels, and two large rubies shone in it, for eyes.

    Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

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