2. Noun. (plural of knocker) ¹
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Definition of Knockers
1. knocker [n] - See also: knocker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knockers
Literary usage of Knockers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In and Around Venice by Horatio Forbes Brown (1905)
"SOME VENETIAN knockers ONE of the most remarkable features in the history ...
And among other ornaments of the Venetian palaces, the bronze knockers on the ..."
2. Spiritual Magazine (1868)
"knockers IN MINES. " People full of conceit of their own abilities and knowledge
will laugh at the Cardiganshire miners, who maintain the existence of ..."
3. Popular Romances of the West of England, Or, The Drolls, Traditions and by Robert Hunt (1865)
"He sought to cheat the knockers, but he ruined himself by so doing. The "lode"
failed; nothing answered with him; disappointed, he took to drink, ..."
4. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"... and its abominations—Testimony of various writers to its inhumanity—Prevalence
of smuggling— ' Kentish knockers '—Connivance at ' free-trading. ..."
5. Architectural Wrought-iron, Ancient and Modern by William Winthrop Kent (1888)
"DOOR knockers AND RINGS. 'HE introduction of bells has almost put an end to the
use of knockers, relegating them to country houses and artists' studios, ..."
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