Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
spring-lock .
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Examples
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Finally, Hunter pulled the latch-lock back and opened the door.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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Finally, Hunter pulled the latch-lock back and opened the door.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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Finally, Hunter pulled the latch-lock back and opened the door.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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The small gate was furnished with a latch-lock as well.
The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town L. T. Meade 1884
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"Are you in the habit of trusting to the security of a latch-lock only in the fastening of your front door at night?
The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange Anna Katharine Green 1890
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