Definitions
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- noun Australia, New Zealand A
campaign of going fromhouse to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal. - verb New Zealand To
participate in a campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors; to knock on the door (of a house) during such a campaign.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Launching the challenge last Friday, committee member Andrew Kent said the doorknock was a chance for the next generation to gain a valuable insight into the diverse nature of the Orange community and learn about the value of donating to charity and volunteering.
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From collecting for the blind and various charities in their doorknock campaigns in my childhood, to years spent as a telephone counsellor.
giving it away for free Another Outspoken Female 2009
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From collecting for the blind and various charities in their doorknock campaigns in my childhood, to years spent as a telephone counsellor.
Archive 2009-10-01 Another Outspoken Female 2009
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I willvisit Ipswich to doorknock there and speak with local residents, and in the evening I travel to Beccles in Waveney District to address a public meeting, at whichI will be speaking about whatI havelearnt over the last 10 days.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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We didn; t doorknock today due to the weather but I spoke to quite a lot of people who really liked what we were saying in the leaflet.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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We didn; t doorknock today due to the weather but I spoke to quite a lot of people who really liked what we were saying in the leaflet.
Varied Times 2005
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Soldiers joined police yesterday in a doorknock to deliver mandatory evacuation orders to the most vulnerable residents in coastal communities between Cairns and Townsville.
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During the flood emergency, authorities were forced to doorknock high-risk residents in the rural centre of Sale as the swollen Thomson, Macalister and Latrobe rivers from Bairnsdale converged.
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A doorknock is underway of businesses and homes in the area and police have cordoned off drains that run under Walker Street.
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A doorknock is underway of businesses and homes in the area and police have cordoned off drains that run under Walker Street.
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