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