knocker
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"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
Marley lives in an Escher-like dwelling with, of course, a very striking knocker, familiar to readers of “A Christmas Carol,” which Clinch renders newly macabre: It hangs “silent as an empty gibbet.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2019
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
On the rickety, old-fashioned stained- glass door, with its motifs of exotic birds, there was a bronze knocker in the shape of a woman’s hand pressing on a ball.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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
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
As with replacing cabinet and drawer pulls in a kitchen, replacing door handles, hinges and knockers with new materials can give the front entry a freshened look.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
One wall held doors, windows, knockers, and knobs that promised views into other places and times.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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