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postman's knock

noun

  1. a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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There are two metrics for measuring the beauty of handwriting, said Lindsey Bugbee, creator of The Postman’s Knock, a calligraphy and handwriting blog and business.

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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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All of which did not prevent her from scurrying to the door at the postman’s knock, nor prevent her from referring somewhat shortly to retired sergeant-majors of bibulous habits when she found that the post brought a tailor’s bill.

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I've but to dread the Postman's knock, A sharp but momentary shock, I'll hope that it may bring no worse, Than some attempt upon my purse.

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I wrote to you to Kittery Point—I think it was—something like a year ago, and my chief occupation since then has been listening for the postman's knock.

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