Word: latches
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...week, but never changed his stockings oftener than once a fortnight; that he was a poet; that Queen Victoria had made him England's laureate; that he did not like to shave himself; that, however late he might stay out at night, he was always able to use the latch-key; that he wrote Maud; and that he was very fond of baked beans. I thanked Mrs. T. for this valuable information, which I immediately jotted down in my notebook...
...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...
...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...