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Definition of Door-to-door

1. Adjective. (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination. "The limousine offers door-to-door service"

2. Adjective. Omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next. "House-to-house coverage"

Definition of Door-to-door

1. Adjective. Going from house to house, when selling, delivering or asking for something. ¹

2. Adjective. Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Door-to-door

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Literary usage of Door-to-door

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homerus (1796)
"... this fellow by going from door to door will meet <witb cerre. ... they denote the life of a beggar, which is to go from door to door, ..."

2. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"... that is, two shillings ;" and he at once ruined this poor man, who begged from door to door, saying to him, " Pay the king what] is due from you. ..."

3. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"... NEBRASKA: A door-to-door CAMPAIGN THAT GREW Although TV star Johnny Carson once observed that "you can't go home again," he returned in February 1982 to ..."

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