knocker

Example Sentences

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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

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

The vicarage had a knocker and a bell and I'd tried both, but still nobody answered.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell