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Doorstop
noun
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Noun
- 1 Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
- 2 a stop that keeps open doors from moving wordnet
- 3 A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door. humorous
"Meanwhile, all the Democrats had to put forward that year was a doorstop called Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill."
- 4 Eggcorn of doorstep. British, nonstandard, proscribed
- 5 An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building. Australia
"And television dominates this place — just look at Beazley tossing around cans of tomato soup at his morning doorstops outside Parliament House."
Etymology
From door + stop.
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