Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as knocker.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door, which may be swung by hand against the door to make a loud knocking sound.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
Examples
“Emile Wamsteker for The Wall Street Journal A PENewark canvasser leaves a "doorknocker" on the doorknob of a residence in the East Ward.”
“It's modern day London, and the Greek gods are shacked up in a rundown house, complete with a laurel wreath doorknocker.”
“Col. Rooney removed Wilson's Jacuzzi, but kept his riding stirrup doorknocker.”
The Washington Post: James W. Rooney, 65, dies; aide to renegade Texas congressman Charlie Wilson
“The doorknocker for Jasperwood is a commanding annunciator; even a Girl Scout sounds like the Gestapo.”
“But now he wore a beard on his chin and lip of the kind called a "doorknocker.”
“The ghostly doorknocker, the clanging chains, the terrible figures of ignorance and want – this is the stuff of nightmares.”
“I had been a financial contributor, an occasional advice giver, an endorser in the primary fight, a steady blogger about the race, and a frequent doorknocker for the campaign, so I felt like I had contributed in a variety of ways.”
“I received no visit or call from Hillary but both from Obama including an Obama doorknocker hanging on my door on Tuesday morning.”
“There was a massive brass doorknocker in the center of the wreath; Macy knocked with it three times.”
“It suited him so well that I added a gold tooth with a diamond chip and a bling ring and Goldy got some huge gold doorknocker earrings.”
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