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Definition of Doorstops
1. doorstop [n] - See also: doorstop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorstops
Literary usage of Doorstops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States: Annotated for Statistical ...edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun (2006)
"J 3.9% Suitable for interior and exterior doors (except garage, overhead or
sliding doors): 15 doorstops, chain door fasteners, door pulls, kick plates, ..."
2. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"Eighteen inches more of difference between the level of the flood and ebb would
have rendered the doorstops of every palace, at low water, a treacherous ..."
3. England, Picturesque and Descriptive: Reminiscences of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook (1899)
"... before anybody else was up, the king walked about Gloucester town, pushed over
Molly the housemaid with her pail, who was scrubbing the doorstops, ..."
4. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"691 * and 692 * show the "Empire" and "Caldwell" door-holders. 416. DOOR-STOPS.
Many types of doorstops are made by the various hardware-manufacturers. ..."
5. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"... (Very Expensive doorstops). CFOs who've just spent $30000 don't take too kindly
to hearing that there weren't enough batteries. ..."
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