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Doorknocker

noun
1.
A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door.  Synonyms: knocker, rapper.






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"Doorknocker" Quotes from Famous Books



... the goddess, wearying of conferring favours that were so ill-appreciated, turned away from him in quest of more reverential votaries. When the footmen of the quality had done with playing fantasias upon his doorknocker, the duns took their turn, and brought less pleasant ...
— Art in England - Notes and Studies • Dutton Cook

... beauty of his neck-cloth half-achieved, while he listened with surprise and indignation upon his large, comely, fresh-complexioned face. Below, the decorous hum of Jermyn Street had been broken by the sharp, staccato, metallic beating of a doorknocker. ...
— Danger! and Other Stories • Arthur Conan Doyle



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