postman's knock
English
Noun
- (uncountable) Synonym of post office (“party game involving the exchange of kisses”)
- (countable) A double knock at the door to indicate the delivery of letters or telegrams.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
- Whilst he was speaking we were startled by a knock at the hall door, the double postman's knock of the telegraph boy.
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