10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTMAN'S KNOCK»
Discover the use of
postman's knock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
postman's knock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inspector Pitt has a problem.
'Go ask your mum if we can play postman's knock, Backer.' 'Yeah, go on, Backer,
ask her if we can play postman's knock.' 'What's postman's knock?' 'Tch!' Uplifted
eyes, bored, weary sighs. The girls lounged, waiting their reluctant turn.
She had no doubt of what would ensue. The promised notification was hanging
over her head. The postman's knock within the neighbourhood was beginning to
bring its daily terrors, and if reading could banish the idea for even half an hour ...
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Gooch of Spalding, Memoirs of Edward Henry Gooch 1885-1962: ...
Whilst playing Postman's Knock, when the one outside knocks on the door
andsays there isaletterfor some named person, therecipient of the socalledletter
forfeitsakissto thepostman or woman. Dora was outside and called Harry'sname;
...
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My Book of Indoor Games
One player begins the game bygoingoutofthe room,and then giving a double (or
postman's) knock at the door; it is the duty of one of the other players to stand at
the door inside the room toanswer the knocks thatare made, and to ask the ...
7
Postal Pleasures: Sex, Scandal, and Victorian Letters
46 The Oxford English Dictionary has a 1927 entry for “postman's knock” that
makes it clear the game was already very well known. See OED entry for “
postman's knock.” “Paying” for mail with kisses is itself a romance ofa past era:
the ...
8
Gallimaufry: A Verse Collection
POSTMAN'S KNOCK It used to be the milk; it's now the post, at seven-ten. The
dairy-man got married; the postman's getting divorced. Before she came I never
noticed when. But she devoured catalogues, brochures, prize draws, fly sheets,
free ...
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The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition
In the same way, a person who had not learned how blue things look, or how the
postman's knock sounds, could not see blue things in his mind's eye, or 'hear' the
postman's knock; nor could he recognise blue things, or postman's knocks.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 64, 1989 postman's knock
noun 1 a lock UK Rhyming slang, ascribed to burglars when used by lockmakers
Chubb's in an advertisement. • — Daily Telegraph, Sth March 1962 2 a clock UK
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Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTMAN'S KNOCK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
postman's knock is used in the context of the following news items.
Remember The Bradshaws? Well they are back on your radio …
Among them will be two episodes of The Bradshaws: “Audrey Tries Her Luck” and “Postman's Knock”. They will feature in part 5 of the three ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
50 years, 50 films Vol II: Night Mail (1936)
Grierson takes over from Stuart Legg at the close of the poem to tell us: ”And none will hear the postman's knock without a quickening of the ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Mr Postman, look and see, is there a letter for me?
Reading Anandhi's letters is to recall the rich intimacy of a bygone era, the smell of ink, the crackle of paper, the postman's knock, and the art of ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jun 15»
Sarah Lucas at Venice Biennale review – pervery and pleasure in a …
... spreads her legs on an office desk, and one more lies on her stomach on a drop-leaf Formica kitchen table, waiting for the postman's knock. «The Guardian, May 15»
Stockton Diamond wedding couple more in love now than when …
Mr Hobday, 84, said: “We were playing the kissing game Postman's Knock - it was a popular game when we were teenagers. “June picked a ... «Gazette Live, Mar 15»
Pankaj Advani in seventh heaven
He had a postman's knock for 53 and generally played the floating white on the top table with aplomb. In his first visit, Advani came up with a ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
Lance Percival, star of That Was The Week That Was, dies aged 81
Among his notable film roles were Carry On Cruising, Postman's Knock and Darling Lili. On TV, he appeared in the late '70s series Shoestring ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
The News Matrix: Saturday 10 January 2015
Among his notable film roles were Carry On Cruising, Postman's Knock and Darling Lili. On TV, he appeared in the late 1970s series ... «The Independent, Jan 15»
A Beautifully Illustrated Edition of Our Favorite Scary Story
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 ... «Slate Magazine, Oct 14»
GALLERY/ VIDEO: Fletcher set to continue his journey to a title …
“He threw a very strange punch in the third which felt like a postman's knock on my head and cut me a little bit, which was really good for the ... «Liverpool Echo, Oct 14»
