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latchstring definition

latch·string (-striŋ′)

noun

a cord fastened to the bar of a latch and passed through a hole in the door so that the latch can be raised from the outside

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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