door-knob

plural door-knobs

1. alternativeAlternative form of doorknob.

   I bought some lovely brass door-knobs for some interior doors.

   1999 December 19, M.M., “Try bricks for new patio”, in Sunday Star-Gazette, New York edition, volume 122, number 20, Elmira, N.Y., →OCLC, page 5D, column 2

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   The house being now cleared, brass door-knobs were knocked off, and such things as had escaped notice when articles of more value were to be had, were now being gathered.

   1873 September, Charles Brownlee, “The Old Peach Tree Stump. A Reminiscence of the War of 1835.”, in [Roderick] Noble, editor, The Cape Monthly Magazine, volume VII, number 39, Cape Town: J. C. Juta, page 139

   About 1851 J. Dodge & Son began in the middle of the town to manufacture wooden door-knobs, and afterwards made bedsteads.

   1891, Lewis Cass Aldrich, Frank R. Holmes, editors, History of Windsor County, Vermont, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co., […], page 632

   As a rule it is a mistake to economize in the selection of hardware, especially in the matter of door-knobs, locks, escutcheons, etc.

   1897, Francis C[ruger] Moore, “The Comforts of Home”, in How to Build a Home: The House Practical; Being Suggestions as to Safety from Fire, Safety to Health, Comfort, Convenience, Durability, and Economy, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday & McClure Co., →OCLC, page 60

   I believe that in India “cold weather” is merely a conventional phrase and has come into use through the necessity of having some way to distinguish between weather which will melt a brass door-knob and weather which will only make it mushy.

   1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator […] , New York: American Publishing Company, page 523

   All manner of items are on display here, from old-fashioned doorbells, to heavy-duty locks to brass door-knobs and even Indian shelf-brackets.

   2000 January 13, “Shop talk: Opening the door to the past”, in Evening Press, Yorkshire county edition, York, North Yorkshire, →OCLC, page 12, column 6