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door handle

noun

, Chiefly British.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of door handle1

First recorded in 1825–35

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Example Sentences

Every handrail, elevator button, and door handle becomes a pathway for spreading disease.

Her ears were sharper than his, and she had heard the dull rattle of the door handle.

All four of the boy's hands flew at the door handle, turning it carefully, this way, and back.

"The guests must not see one speck of dust nor one unpolished door-handle," Mor Inga said.

As she sailed by I managed to hook a finger around the door handle and get a foot inside.

The thief, hearing the steps of the patrol, suddenly turned his head and stood motionless, with his hand still on the door-handle.

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