latch,

I'll let him see, thought the neighbor, who'll lift the latch,

Our Little Brown House, A Poem of West Point Written for the New Year's Festival at the Cadets' Sabbath-school of the Methodist Episcopal Church, January 1, 1879 Maria L. Stewart

And when I arrived in front of the green gates, and put my hand on the latch,

Sacred and Profane Love Arnold Bennett 1899

Christian had been saying to them while the door was leaving its latch,

The Return of the Native 1878

None dared to ope a friendly door, or lift a neighbor's latch,

The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Margaret Moran Dixon McDougall 1862

No flores beneath its humble thatch Requir'd a mailer's care j The wicket opening with a latch,

Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical ... 1774

No stores beneath its humble thatch Requir’d a master’s care; The wicket opening with a latch,

The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

"Have you remembered that there was something wrong with the latch,

The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886