Open the door and see who the knocker is. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Startled, I look up, and see that the knocker is a man who looked a bit like this guy. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: A Seattle story] Reference
In England, one solution to this problem was to hire someone called a knocker-up. From Wordnik.com. ['Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads] Reference
The knocker is a thing which is generally composed of brass or iron. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841] Reference
Williams Wynn's door, not far from this house, I saw a gold knocker, which is said to be unscrewed every night lest it should be stolen. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
A knocker which is out of order except when your back is turned. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
(where it's poetically referred to as a knocker) -- that's another matter entirely. From Wordnik.com. [NewsObserver.com - Home] Reference
Had I heard, he said, that poor old Wilbraham had gone right off his "knocker"?. From Wordnik.com. [The Best British Short Stories of 1922] Reference
Miss Madge, a knocker is the strangest man known in the game, the hardest to deal with an 'what every baseball manager hates most. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Redheaded Outfield] Reference
Its door was black and large with a brass knocker. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
"There is a knocker at the front door," said Lois. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
She managed to reach the front door and to lift the knocker. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Maine] Reference
Sydney brought down the knocker with thundering reverberations. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
And I was, -- I punished that knocker! until I warrant the pounding. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Pretty soon, thump, thump, thump! went Mrs. Thomas's brass knocker. From Wordnik.com. [The Goody-Naughty Book] Reference
Short dotted line leading to door knocker, with "in" written beneath. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Again the knocker was raised and lowered, a little louder than before. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The front door was painted green now and it had a shiny brass knocker. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy in Her Blue Frock] Reference
Before a house with a white front door he stopped and attacked the knocker. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
A little later the bell rang imperatively, followed by a tattoo on the knocker. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
How would they have dreaded the sound of the knocker or the cry of the postman!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
He rapped on the door with his knuckles, ignoring both the knocker and the bell. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
He brought the big iron knocker down rather lightly, hoping only Lin would hear it. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
And the door shut upon his face, the brass knocker a shamelessly festive embellishment. From Wordnik.com. [Once There Was A Man] Reference
The paint was off; the woodwork was scratched and dented; the knocker was red with rust. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Giving the old-fashioned knocker a vigorous pull, Grace waited impatiently for admittance. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Going up he raised the knocker, and instantly the echoes resounded through the empty house. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
Every story ended with the image it began: a door knocker, a delicate hand, a marble fountain. From Wordnik.com. [Raisins] Reference
Cathedral there is a ponderous bronze knocker-ring, to which the criminal, clinging, was safe. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The next morning Captain Abrams clanged the big, old fashioned iron knocker on the front door. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
She raised the heavy brass knocker, its rattle shook the door and echoed through an empty hall. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
They found an old-fashioned knocker on the big front door, and worked it with all their strength. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
Military mix-upThis offer for a door knocker (right) says, “Show your pride for our Armed Services.”. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Consumer Reports' Selling It] Reference
For a while, she was able to cut the crime rate in half by banning gold chains and door-knocker earrings. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly Lessons] Reference
SIMON: (Reading) It's Monday morning, hours before dawn, and Mary Smith, the knocker-up, has left her home. From Wordnik.com. ['Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads] Reference
Hugging the stone wall of a building and brushing against a brass hand for a knocker, you give her the entire pavement to pass. From Wordnik.com. [The Sound of Barcelona] Reference
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