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
He speaks, one former Bush administration official said, “To the door-knockers and the envelope stuffers.”
Radio’s Mark Levin Might Be the Most Powerful Conservative You Never Heard Of | David Freedlander | October 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNo natives were seen, not even at our old place in Knockers Bay.
Three doors fronted on each landing; they were of light wood, of varnished maple, with shining brass knobs for knockers.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde SeraoThe interrupter must be Harry Wilbur; nobody else approached door-knockers in so athletic a spirit.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsWe need copper and no stripping of palace roofs, no raiding of door knockers or kitchen pans can make up for the deficiency.
Presently the cab stopped before a large wooden gate with two enormous knockers.
In the Days of My Youth | Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
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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