noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dead
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There we were, messing around with his things, and all the time he was dead as a doornail in Paris.
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If looks could kill, Dooley Barlowe would have dropped him right there, dead as a doornail .
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She looked dead as a doornail .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If looks could kill, Dooley Barlowe would have dropped him right there, dead as a doornail .
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She looked dead as a doornail .
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There we were, messing around with his things, and all the time he was dead as a doornail in Paris.