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Webster 1913 Edition


knocker

knock′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said;
Tie up the
knocker
; say I’m sick, I'm dead.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Knocker

KNOCK'ER

,
Noun.
nok'er. One that knocks.
1.
An instrument or kind of hammer, fastened to a door to be used in seeking for admittance.