knocker
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The ancient wooden doors are adorned with an ornate metal knocker and a small grilled window, for guards to peek through.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
"Stay close to Troy or they gonna think you're a knocker."
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2021
“I’m a short knocker, but that Roberts hit the ball a mile. They knew they had the tournament in the bag, so they played like a couple of hackers on the 18th.”
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 21, 2020
Actually, maybe it will be her door knocker.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2019
The captain lifted the iron knocker and let it fall with a thud that echoed in the pit of the girl’s stomach.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Elphick said the vandals had removed two door knockers from the statue which were a nod to the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth which Jones had co-written.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
On a Monday afternoon in October, Les Morones and a crew of three other door knockers hired by the church walked up and down Center Street, talking to anyone who answered the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
But the door knockers didn’t explain where to vote or promote a candidate, the usual work of canvassers ahead of a big election.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2022
Census Bureau is short by more than 25% of the door knockers needed for the 2020 census, according to its watchdog agency, and it’s about to let go of its least productive census takers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
Macondo would no longer be a burning place, where the hinges and door knockers twisted with the heat, but would be changed into a wintry city.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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