house-to-house

[ hous-tuh-hous ]

/ ˈhaʊs təˌhaʊs /

conducted from one house to the next: a house-to-house survey.

Origin of house-to-house

First recorded in 1855–60

Inoculations were begun on 24th July in two wards of the town, and a daily house-to-house inspection was instituted.

Experiments on Animals |Stephen Paget
Should he decide to make a house-to-house canvass, he had already paved the way in at least one home.

Trading Jeff and his Dog |James Arthur Kjelgaard
The house-to-house visitation was carried out with but little real opposition, and with a great deal of satisfaction.

The Sanitary Evolution of London |Henry Lorenzo Jephson
To-morrow a house-to-house inspection will be made of the remaining and inhabited portion of the cities and boroughs.

The Johnstown Horror |James Herbert Walker

In the smaller towns this proclamation was made by the town-crier or, if there were none, by house-to-house notification.

A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, |Henry Charles Lea