knocker

Example Sentences

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Three days after we got there I answered the front door knocker and there stood Karel, coal dust from the train trip still speckling his shoulders.

From Literature

As her fingers brush against the brass knocker, a rattling sound comes from the other side of the door, and we all freeze.

From Literature

As they approached, Danny could see the knocker was shaped like a gargoyle head.

From Literature

A large brass knocker hung in the center of the door.

From Literature

There were five bases, home plate was dubbed the “knocker’s stone” and runners could be put out by hitting them with a thrown ball.

From The Wall Street Journal