See darken someone's door on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Probably from the observation that one's shadow falling upon a door whilst standing at it causes it to appear darkened. Alternatively, possibly derived from an old sense of darken meaning \"to lie in wait, loiter, lurk\".",
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"ref": "1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet, Letter 13:",
"text": "\"I'll tell you, Peter,\" said I, \"were I my lord, and a friend or kinsman of mine should leave the town while the court was sitting, that kinsman, or be he what he liked, should never darken my door again.\"",
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"ref": "1885, Edith Nesbit, “The Stolen God—Lazarus to Dives”, in Many Voices:",
"text": "He promised the poor His heaven,\nHe loved and lived with the poor;\nHe said that the rich man's shadow\nShould never darken His door.",
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"ref": "1917, Irving Bacheller, chapter 17, in The Light in the Clearing:",
"text": "[T]he squire ain't sociable an' the neighbors never darken his door.",
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"ref": "2008, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Of Blood and Sorrow, →ISBN, page 3:",
"text": "Luckily, I'd scored some good-paying clients in the past two months along with the usual losers who darken my door and waste my time.",
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