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Meanings of door-mat in inglés

A flat object for wiping one’s shoes, laid on the floor immediately outside or inside the entrance to a building.

Usage of door-mat in inglés
1
But her ladyship stood motionless on the door-mat, erect and cool.
There & Back
2
Agamemnon's troubles commenced with the first cough of Mrs. Pilcher on the door-mat.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 18, 1841
3
A man, whom we found posted on the door-mat, brought up the rear.
Jezebel's Daughter
4
There she was, standing on the door-mat in the narrow passage!
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
5
You are selfish in the grain to be a door-mat.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
6
In a moment another man stood upon the straw-woven door-mat.
Stories by English Authors: England
7
You ARE a door-mat, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for it.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
8
An ironmonger added a scraper and an old lady ran up with a door-mat.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
9
A man should be a man, and not a door-mat.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
10
Then Mis' Adkins says again: 'He's nothing but a door-mat.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
11
The latch clicked upward, and out of the night our pedestrian appeared upon the door-mat.
Wessex Tales
12
Perhaps they had left some door unfastened-perhapsthey had put the keys under the door-mat.
The Peterkin papers
13
Back at home on the Aventine I sometimes found love letters lying on my door-mat.
Shadows in Bronze
14
He has just decided that the door-mat is a boat, and the tiled floor a river.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
15
Miss Snell, with eyes red and tearful, stood on his door-mat when he answered the tap.
Different Girls
16
She dropped her disconcerted vision to the door-mat.
With the Procession
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