Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Going to or making appeals at residences, as when selling or canvassing.
- adjective Delivered directly from a store or business to a residence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective direct without intermediate changes of vehicle; -- of e.g. journeys or deliveries.
- adjective omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Going from
house to house, whenselling ,delivering orasking for something. - adjective
Sent ordelivered from astore orfactory directly to a house.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next
- adjective (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination
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Examples
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Procter & Gamble pioneered the method by sending questioners door-to-door in neighborhoods across the country, keeping track of the number of items returned, and interviewing shoppers about their likes and dislikes.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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One summer I designed and had made a key holder that could go on the inside of people's doors as a place to hang their keys, and offered them to my door-to-door Avon customers.
Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 2 Steve Mariotti 2011
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After securing the building they are said to have begun a door-to-door search.
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After securing the building they are said to have begun a door-to-door search.
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Here and in many small towns, there is no door-to-door delivery.
Rural post offices put on notice in face of DIY digital age 2011
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One summer I designed and had made a key holder that could go on the inside of people's doors as a place to hang their keys, and offered them to my door-to-door Avon customers.
Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 2 Steve Mariotti 2011
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Authorities were conducting a door-to-door search.
Shattered Missouri City Digs Out Ilan Brat 2011
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One summer I designed and had made a key holder that could go on the inside of people's doors as a place to hang their keys, and offered them to my door-to-door Avon customers.
Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 2 Steve Mariotti 2011
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One summer I designed and had made a key holder that could go on the inside of people's doors as a place to hang their keys, and offered them to my door-to-door Avon customers.
Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 2 Steve Mariotti 2011
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Here and in many small towns, there is no door-to-door delivery.
Rural post offices put on notice in face of DIY digital age 2011
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