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Synonyms for knocker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nok-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒk ər |
Définition of knocker
Origin :- late 14c., agent noun from knock. Sense of "door banger" is by 1590s. Knockers "a woman's breasts" is slang attested from 1941.
- As in criticizer : noun critic
- When he tried the knocker, a bobby came along and stopped him.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- What souvenir of a great man can compete with the knocker of his door?
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
- Surely if any knocker is characteristic of its owner this one is.
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
- A knocker of slender grace is the best feature of the hardware.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins
- At the rat-tat-tat of the knocker her heart flew into her mouth.
- Extract from : « To-morrow » by Joseph Conrad
- A clock in the hall was striking nine as Cleave lifted the knocker.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- The door was heard to open below and the knocker was at rest.
- Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- He rapped on the door with his knuckles, ignoring both the knocker and the bell.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- She managed to reach the front door and to lift the knocker.
- Extract from : « A Little Maid of Old Maine » by Alice Turner Curtis
- Again the knocker was raised and lowered, a little louder than before.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
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- hard knock
- hard knocks
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- knock back
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- knock chip off one shoulder
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- knock-down-drag-out
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- knock 'em dead
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- knock high horse
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- knock offs
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- knock on wood
- knock one's socks off
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- knock over with feather
- knock props from under
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- knock senseless
- knock socks off
- knock someone's socks off
- knock the bottom out of
- knock the chip off one's shoulder
- knock the chip off shoulder
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- knocked the chip one's shoulder
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- knocks the chip off one's shoulder
- knocks the chip one's shoulder
- knocks together
- knocksed props out from under
- knockses props out from under
- knocksing props out from under
- technical knockout
- the knocks
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