knocker
Idioms about knocker
on the knocker, British Slang. canvassing or selling door-to-door.
Origin of knocker
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How to use knocker in a sentence
Add an address plaque above your door or install a stylish door knocker.
Boosting your curb appeal for summer selling 2021 | Khalil Alexander El-Ghoul | May 21, 2021 | Washington BladeThe knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensAristide, however, went up to the door; as there was neither knocker nor bell, he rapped with his knuckles.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeAt the bottom of knocker's Bay is a shoal mangrove opening, of no importance.
When I am dead the knocker will pass into other hands equally persistent with those of the mighty men who handed it to me.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
This was of oak after a design of his own, and was wide and massive, with hinges of wrought-iron and a dragon's-head knocker.
The Story of the Big Front Door | Mary Finley Leonard
British Dictionary definitions for knocker
/ (ˈnɒkə) /
an object, usually ornamental and made of metal, attached to a door by a hinge and used for knocking
informal a person who finds fault or disparages
(usually plural) slang a female breast
a person or thing that knocks
on the knocker Australian and NZ informal promptly; at once: you pay on the knocker here
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