doorpost
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All 30 men who went to war from the East Yorkshire village gave John Hugill a coin he nailed to his doorpost below a horseshoe.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2017
One of its other common names is Coughwort and in Paris, the flowers used to be painted as a sign on the doorpost of an apothecary's shop.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2016
In fine, Baseball again is knocking at the Nation's doorpost.
From Time Magazine Archive
Something snatched at Coraline, reaching through the closing gap between the door and the doorpost.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
As I approached the Eolian, I saw Deoch lounging against the doorpost, walking a coin across the back knuckles of his hand.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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