knocker

Example Sentences

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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

Actually, maybe it will be her door knocker.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2019

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

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton