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Meanings of
doorknocker
in anglès
català
picaporta
espanyol
llamador
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A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door.
rapper
knocker
català
picaporta
Usage of
doorknocker
in anglès
1
It was probably intended as a
doorknocker
,
but its mouth lacked the appurtenant ring.
2
For another hour he Googled in his study; then the
doorknocker
went and there was Christine.
3
Directly opposite our position was General Twining's house, its
doorknocker
muffled and its windows hung with crape.
4
He rapped on the
doorknocker
instead of ringing the bell and waited, shivering, until light shone through the fanlight.
5
Only as he raised his hand to the
doorknocker
did occur to Strike that he might, within seconds, come face to face with Donald Laing.
6
From premises on Dublin's south quays, it sells everything from Victorian
doorknockers
to statuary and Georgian fireplaces.
7
Manfred leans against a shop front, massaging his forehead and eyeballing a display of antique brass
doorknockers
.
8
It is the image of the
Doorknocker
into which the Fairy Blackstick changed the wicked porter Gruffanuff!
9
"Why, I'll grab yer by the throat and use yer head for a
doorknocker
,
"
he said.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Translations for
doorknocker
català
picaporta
trucador
picador
espanyol
llamador
Doorknocker
through the time