Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knocker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knocker \Knock"er\, n.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knocker \Knock"er\, n.
1. A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who
wins admiration; a ``stunner.'' [Slang.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knocker
n 1: a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open
the door and see who the knocker is"
2: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something [syn:
{detractor}, {disparager}, {depreciator}]
3: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on
the chest of a woman [syn: {breast}, {bosom}, {boob}, {tit},
{titty}]
4: a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge
to a door [syn: {doorknocker}]
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