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摸门钉，在中国的北方是一个传统习俗，古时候在都城的上元之夜，那些还没审小孩或者生儿子的已婚妇女，就会去正阳门摸城门上的门钉，以求一索得男，事关门钉的“钉”，和男丁的“丁”是同音字。不过在粤语里面，摸门钉则是吃闭门羹，又或者到访不遇的意思，这个词意自然另有出处了。据说在清朝末年，太平路关帝庙一带是童工市场，一到开工的日子，这里就会聚集大量童工，等候雇主挑选。因为僧多粥少，童工们往往要等候几个钟头，而且还未必能找到工作。在漫长的等待之中，童工百无聊赖，只能够摸着关帝庙门上的铜钉发呆等运到。于是，大家就将这种百无聊赖地等待，不得其门而入的情形称为“摸门钉”。后来童工市场不复存在，摸门钉这个词就逐渐演化成到访不遇，吃闭门羹的意思了。
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