Word: latching
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...next flight to one of the rooms above. In about five minutes' time he came down, whistling as before, and with light knock and heavy kick demanded admittance at our door. Smith, innocent youth, supposing that he was about to admit a jovial classmate, drew back the latch, opened the door, and stood face to face with the enterprising young dun above mentioned. Outwitted and crestfallen, Smith paid his bill of $17.50 without a murmur, and ever since that day he has been an altered...