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  • noun Plural form of doorknob.

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  • Those are the times when either free-roaming opportunistic viruses are settling on your skin and about all your orifices, or when the last survivors, having been trounced by your immune system, are manning their little lifeboats and rowing away on a tide of your mucous, calling at ports along the way such as doorknobs, keyboards, credit cards, taps, et al.

    sick leave for all! « raincoaster 2007

  • "These," she said, "are Mr. Rand's specifications; that is, he specifies exactly what kind of doorknobs we shall have, or the cost and finish of the silver faucets connected with the bowls in the chambers."

    Bertie's Home or, the Way to be Happy Madeline Leslie 1854

  • Use it after touching especially germy surfaces such as doorknobs and other people's hands.

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

  • Caused by viruses, not by damp weather, colds spread through the air (via cough and sneeze droplets) and by direct contact (touching people and contaminated objects, such as doorknobs, toys and telephone receivers).

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • Caused by viruses, not by damp weather, colds spread through the air (via cough and sneeze droplets) and by direct contact (touching people and contaminated objects, such as doorknobs, toys and telephone receivers).

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • Caused by viruses, not by damp weather, colds spread through the air (via cough and sneeze droplets) and by direct contact (touching people and contaminated objects, such as doorknobs, toys and telephone receivers).

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • Caused by viruses, not by damp weather, colds spread through the air (via cough and sneeze droplets) and by direct contact (touching people and contaminated objects, such as doorknobs, toys and telephone receivers).

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • Caused by viruses, not by damp weather, colds spread through the air (via cough and sneeze droplets) and by direct contact (touching people and contaminated objects, such as doorknobs, toys and telephone receivers).

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • Caused by viruses, not by damp weather, colds spread through the air (via cough and sneeze droplets) and by direct contact (touching people and contaminated objects, such as doorknobs, toys and telephone receivers).

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • Caused by viruses, not by damp weather, colds spread through the air (via cough and sneeze droplets) and by direct contact (touching people and contaminated objects, such as doorknobs, toys and telephone receivers).

    The Daily News - News 2010

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