knocker
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The site of the charred doors, with grilled peep hole and ancient heavy knocker, stirred no emotion in her.
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
From there, I was ushered into a small antechamber with a large door and a foreboding, old-school knocker.
From The Verge ● Dec. 5, 2018
To lift the lion’s paw knocker, to entertain thoughts of marrying the doctor’s daughter was possible because each key represented a house which he owned at the time.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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
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
To do that, Caruso has spent big money on a canvassing and voter outreach operation and hired 300 to 400 door knockers across the city, at $25 to $30 an hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
His campaign runs text messaging programs geared toward early voting, and door-to-door knockers help chase down mail ballots.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
Some had ornate wooden double doors in front, with elaborate metal knockers.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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