Doornail

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  • as dead as a doornail (saying) → metonymy
  • drink .. door: deoch an dorais (Irish) - parting drink (literally 'drink of the door')
  • at Death's door: (phrase) on one's deathbed → the, the last word of FW, and Dor on 020.17
  • Karl Reisman notes "whiskey" in "doornail" from medieval French for door (huis) + Danish nogle (key) --- HenHanna notes in 2nd & 4th letters of the Hebrew alphabet (meaning House & Door ) Bet & Daleth - Birth & Death.
  • dor: generation (Hebrew); nail: that was used in Jesus' Crucifixion. The hero is killed in every generation?
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