Nickety-knock

intj

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Intj
  1. 1
    A tapping or knocking sound.

    "[…] there keeps soundin' in my ears a nickety-knock like the tappin' on a coffin-lid."

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"[…] there keeps soundin' in my ears a nickety-knock like the tappin' on a coffin-lid."

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