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on the knocker

on the knocker prepositional phrase: going from door to door attempting to buy or sell goods fraudulently.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial) Going from door to door attempting to buy or sell goods fraudulently.

Questions about on the knocker

What does on the knocker mean?
On the knocker means going from door to door attempting to buy or sell goods fraudulently.
What part of speech is on the knocker?
On the knocker is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the knocker in the dictionary

  1. on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog
  2. on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
  3. on the jar
  4. on the job
  5. on the jump
  6. on the knocker
  7. on the ladder
  8. on the lam
  9. on the lamb
  10. on the lash
  11. on the latch

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