(Australia, NZ) A campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal.
Sometimes they were raffles, mostly they were doorknocks. I went on one of the doorknocks after Wendy talked me into it.
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(chiefly, Australia, NZ) To participate in a campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors; to knock on the door (of a house) during such a campaign.
1979, Fatma Dharamsi, et al., Harlesden Community Project, Community Work And Caring For Children: A Community Project In An Inner City Local Authority, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NAIOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA440&dq=%22doorknocking%22|%22…
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