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What (who) is knocker - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Knockers; Knocker (disambiguation)
knocker
¦ noun
1. an object hinged to a door and rapped by visitors to attract attention.
informal a person who buys or sells from door to door.
2. informal a person who continually finds fault.
3. (knockers) informal a woman's breasts.
Phrases
on the knocker informal
1. Brit. going from door to door.
2. Austral./NZ (with reference to payment) without delay; immediately.
Knocker
·add. ·noun A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a "stunner.".
II. Knocker ·noun One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
III. Knocker ·add. ·noun A species of large cockroach, ·esp. Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which as able to produce a loud knocking sound.
knocker
(knockers)
A knocker is a piece of metal on the front door of a building, which you use to hit the door in order to attract the attention of the people inside.
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see also knock
Wikipedia
Knocker
Knocker and knockers may refer to:
- Knocker (folklore), mythical creature in Welsh and Cornish folklore
- Knocker (radio series)
People:
- Elsie Knocker (1884–1978), British nurse and ambulance driver in World War I who won numerous medals for bravery
- Knocker Norton or Steve Norton, English rugby league footballer
- nickname of Enoch West (1886–1965), English footballer
Items that knock:
- Door knocker, item of door furniture that allows people outside to alert those inside
- Knocker-up, profession in England and Ireland before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable
- Port knocker, to externally open ports on a firewall
- Sanctuary Knocker, ornamental knocker on the door of a cathedral
Other knockers:
- Popper knockers or Clackers, a toy popular around 1970
- Saggarmaker's bottom knocker, manufacturer of saggars (boxlike containers used in firing pottery) in the UK
- Staple knocker, tool resembling a screwdriver for removing staples and shredded material
- Swish knocker or Swish cymbal
- Breasts (colloq.)
Examples of use of knocker
1. She posed outside the famous black door, as HM Media yelled, "Gorra job, darlink?" Finally someone inside noticed her tiny figure under the knocker and let her in.
2. Will Knocker, a friend of Cholmondeley who was in court Wednesday, said the family‘s history is playing a part in the legal troubles.
3. "When the day comes, I‘ll probably be clinging to the door knocker." What will Blair be when he quits, asked Amis, an ex–politician?
4. "He was such a nice guy, and totally unwilling to knock heads and tick people off." Lawlor, Ridge‘s chief of staff, was more of a head–knocker, but he lasted only seven months.
5. "Then, just before he left the owner said he had a present for him and reappeared carrying the cast–iron door knocker which used to adorn the front door.