What is "knockers"

Usage examples of "knockers".

Once a fortnight I go down the mine and leave payment for the knockers and the bluecaps in a solitary corner, keeping a bit back myself for cartage.

The underground creeping got to it, not long before the knockers and bluecaps moved in—so they say—and the mill subsided, but that was before we came here.

They rang louder now—instead of one or two knockers there seemed a multitude, all banging at different rhythms and tempos, some in the walls, others underfoot or overhead.

My friends the knockers shore up the walls of their tunnels and secure the ceilings with crossbeams.

But there is not yet enough ore in the wagon to make the journey worthwhile, and if I take it now, the knockers will be angry.

On the other hand, it could be that the knockers would prefer their doors not to be opened.

She shouldn’t take it for granted that the knockers would like people to make use of them.

The team which was without one of the parasites of the game generally stood well up in the race for the pennant, though there had been championship teams noted for great knockers as well as great players.

Immediate pain shot through his hands as the knockers sank their fangs into his flesh.

A yell of agony came from him as the doors began to open, and he was forced to let one of the knockers go when it retracted from his right hand.

There was no sign of the knockers and Mordecai was standing on the sidewalk, looking like nothing more than a curious spectator.

And she's the best-looking bird I've seen in years, with potentially the best pair of knockers in town.

About her knockers fifty dollars to a copper cash they're the best in Hong Kong?