knocker
noun
Meaning
- A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
- A person who knocks.
- A critic; one who disparages.
- A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
- (usually in the plural) A woman's breasts.
- (especially Cardigan) A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.
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