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Discover LudwigThe phrase "door knocker" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a device attached to a door that is used to knock and announce a visitor's presence.
Example: "The old house had a beautiful brass door knocker shaped like a lion's head."
Alternatives: "doorbell" or "knocker."
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door knocker
noun
Alt form doorknocker
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Or the door knocker, to be precise.
The brass door knocker has upset me.
A brass door knocker by Baldwin is $27 (list, $37).
"We think of the door knocker as a cufflink," Mr. Gaillard said.
A rattle made of deer hooves often served as a door knocker in these residences.
The door knocker in an evil-looking yellow house is a filth-encrusted brass pineapple.
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At another a woman was polishing her front-door knocker.
A small plate unrelated to the door-knocker was sold together with it.
Another door-knocker, a period masterpiece of North Italian Mannerism, had a human mask with an ambiguously wistful stare.
Perhaps that was what led him to rattle the door-knocker too loudly at Landor Road, frightening Annie's parents.
M-I-L was dressed in North Shore finery, from high heels and stockings to door-knocker gold earrings, every hair in place.
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