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Door latch   /dɔr lætʃ/   Listen
Door latch

noun
1.
Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key.  Synonym: latch.






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"Door latch" Quotes from Famous Books



... scarce time to slip back, and hide behind the screen, before the door latch was lifted, and ...
— The Splendid Spur • Arthur T. Quiller Couch

... and through dark passages to the door designated. It was only on latch, but a key was in the lock. Quickly he locked the door, and then stood listening intently. It struck ten o'clock, and as the last stroke vibrated in his ear a hand was laid upon the door latch outside, and a manly voice whispered: "Trude, open! It is I. The one whom ...
— The Youth of the Great Elector • L. Muhlbach

... Christmasse. After a Time, alle but he and I went up, and out on the Leads, to see the Comet; and we two sitting quite still, and Father, doubtlesse, supposed to be alone, I saw a great round-shouldered mannish Shadowe glide acrosse the Passage, and hearde the Front-door Latch click. Darted forthe, but too late, and then into the Kitchen; with some Warmth chid Betty for soe soone agayn disobeying Orders, and threatened to tell my Mamma. She cryed pertlie, "Law, Miss Deb, I wish to Goodnesse ...
— Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary • Anne Manning



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