Mythical creature in Welsh, Cornish and Devon folklore.
Sinònims
Examples for "knocker"
Examples for "knocker"
1He used the tarnished brass knocker, got no answer, and rapped again.
2She managed to reach the front door and to lift the knocker.
3Then we must fasten up the knocker and take off the bell.
4This remark was a knocker; I could not say anything to that.
5At the rat-tat-tat of the knocker her heart flew into her mouth.
1Has de gemmin from de norf any bacca for dis yere chile?
2I will take three o' grog and an ounce of 'bacca.
3Well, yesterday evening, squire, I went down into the village to buy some 'bacca.
4Enty you got one piece t'bacca fo' po' ole nigger?
5Gi's a bit o' bacca, Bill; maybe it'll take the edge off o' my stummuk.
1He says that she has been sent to the knacker to rest.
2Horses are sent to the knacker's yard, boats to the breaker's yard.'
3I can't 'talk nice' to the knacker if I'm tucked under your arm.
4He would have to wait for the knacker to come for his horse.
5Note also the blood-red eyes, with the hard look of the knacker in them.
1The assignment he had given Takeo should have been a simple one: vanquish a troublesome tommyknocker.
2None of the other Marks on his team had been as skilled in killing tommyknockers-malevolentfaeries with a fondness for mines.
1"My people came from Wales where we were called bwca... oh my!" She stopped, noticing my stunned expression.