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door knocker

NOUN
doorbell
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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A door knocker for a Rockville, Md., apartment recalls a horseshoe crab.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2016

Patton, a volunteer door knocker, is among thousands in an impressively regimented and precise operation that has been working the state for months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2015

What, I wonder, would she make of it if the Queen came tapping at the traditional dolphin door knocker asking to look at her old home?

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2015

Photograph: Epics/Getty Images Durham sanctuary knocker, 12th centuryYes, it is a door knocker, but the monstrous leonine head cast in the 1100s is one of the most striking medieval sculptures in Britain.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2011

Grace opened the front door before Joaquin could even use the huge brass door knocker that was shaped like a trophy.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway


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