Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as door-knob.

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Examples

  • Just as I had my hand on the door-handle to let myself out of the car, the squirrel fell free.

    Neighborhood Opossum | clusterflock 2009

  • Earlier this month, Ford recalled 280,000 of its F-150s to repair a door-handle defect which could allow the vehicle's doors to open in a side-impact crash.

    Ford to Recall Thousands of F-150 Pickups Jeff Bennett 2011

  • Worn carpets: The GMC Acadia takes the nylon and remakes it into mirror frames, fascia brackets and door-handle parts.

    GM Gets Serious About Recycling 2010

  • Immersion in the first person perspective is apparently paramount, and the realistic application of my hand to a door-handle is one small detail that is by no means lost on this author.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Ben Abraham 2008

  • Immersion in the first person perspective is apparently paramount, and the realistic application of my hand to a door-handle is one small detail that is by no means lost on this author.

    I have two hands and with them I touch the world Ben Abraham 2008

  • The door-handle is already in his fist when Peter says his name again, but Kyle's so confused that Peter might as well be calling his name from the street outside.

    Sissyneck 2010

  • 'Go away,' said Hunchy, hanging on to the door-handle for dear life.

    An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football 2010

  • '' We don't feel it's important to have a door-handle department, and we don't intend to start one, '' says Fisker.

    The Next Detroit 2009

  • '' We don't feel it's important to have a door-handle department, and we don't intend to start one, '' says Fisker.

    The Next Detroit 2009

  • '' We don't feel it's important to have a door-handle department, and we don't intend to start one, '' says Fisker.

    The Next Detroit 2009

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