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night latch

noun

  1. a door lock operated from the inside by a knob and from the outside by a key.


night latch

noun

  1. a door lock that is operated by means of a knob on the inside and a key on the outside
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of night latch1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

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The boy put Sounder’s tin under the porch, closed the door, pushed the night latch, sat down behind the stove, and began to eat his supper.

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The doctor has failed to put on the night latch.

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It did not pass—it came directly up to the door, familiar as a burglar with its night latch key.

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It would be a night latch—to the ideal.

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The old lawyer drew the wire, and the night latch allowed the butler to rush in.

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