Word: latch
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...college jokes. Bless the dog-man who will tell me about the latest addition to "Missy's" family. Bless the delicate young creature who will kiss me if I buy a basket (I would n't buy one). Let more come to give me a sympathy with mankind; my latch-string shall be always out. Bless them all; bless - I had almost said the book-agent...
...summer residents are having a delightful game of hide-and-seek with the conscientious night-watchman: each man on leaving the building leaves the latch up, the watchman emerges from behind the tree and puts it down; the next man leaves it up, down goes it again. This is repeated ad infinitum, and is just now beginning to become a bore...
...Hollo, old boy," broke in a familiar voice, "I've got back. Lost my latch-key and could n't get into the room. Thought I should probably find you here...
...BONNE.AS I was thinking about what I should write upon this week, I heard a slight jingling of keys outside the door, followed by a very faint tap. I sang out, "Come"; upon which I heard the sound of a key grating in the lock; but, as the latch was up, the key did n't turn, so it was taken out, and the goody, for she it was, opened the door in the way that anybody else would have tried at first. She glided into the bedroom with a subdued "Good morning, sir," and reappeared with great promptness, having...
...committee will be able to continue this business-like beginning. Now that the pictures have been removed, we hope that the College will not object to smoking in the room. It has been proposed to confine the privileges of the room to those who pay for them by giving latch-keys to the members; so that the officers will no longer waste valuable time in dunning men who are unwilling to pay for the use they have made of the room. Subscriptions will still be received at 3 Hollis...