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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Knockers; Knocker (disambiguation)

knockers         
informal a woman's breasts.
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 knockers
1. Because foundry door knockers can be produced in much greater numbers, it is possible to see many of the same door knockers in different regions of Turkey.
2. Door knockers are made by either hand forging or mass production in a foundry, with the foundry knockers the more commonly found.
3. So forget the knockers, dig deep and do the best you can.
4. The materials used in the door knockers in these areas are either forged iron or brass.
5. In Ohio, they recruited door–knockers from a temp agency for $12 an hour.