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knocker

[nok-er] / ˈnɒk ər /


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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

She lifted the knocker, ready to step through the veil and enjoy herself.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Armies of door knockers and phone bankers are pitching in, while the police union presses its members to volunteer for the final Vallas sprint.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023

Thousands of calls to voters buttressed by hundreds of paid door knockers fanning out across neighborhoods full of voters — mostly Latino — who liked Caruso but were less likely to vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022

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

He grabbed the wooden knockers on the tiller lines and began to bang them against the ironbark knocker-boards fastened to either side of the hull.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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