postman's knock

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Noun

postman 's knock

(uncountable) Synonym of post office (“party game involving the exchange of kisses”)
(countable) A double knock at the door to indicate the delivery of letters or telegrams.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
  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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