latchstring

He took her hand and placed it on the latchstring.

The latchstring was not out, nor had I expected it to be.

The latchstring to the large house was always out.

He went to the door and pulled the latchstring.

He reached for the latchstring; it wasn't dangling where it should have been.

"The latchstring is out, darling, for a whole new and happier life for the two of us."

The door was latched, with the latchstring hanging out for any weary traveler to see.

So the king's son climbed the mountain, pulled out his three golden hairs, and struck them with the latchstring.

He took the latchstring in his fingers.

If the latchstring were hanging outside, all the intruder needed to do was pull it to lift the heavy bar that secured the door.

"Pull in our latchstring, Anna, and close our curtains that I did not think we needed."

He reached for the latchstring.

He jerked the latchstring and pushed.

Anna pulled at the latchstring, finger over finger, until a little round ball filled the hole and dropped inside.

The latchstring was out.

(Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the latchstring.)

"James, is the latchstring in?"

He squeezed between the bracing timbers and circled the structure until he found a door, closed but with a latchstring hanging out.

Hakiem's knotted latchstring was drawn to the inside of his door, and Shupansea was suddenly aware of the late hour.

There's a latchstring."

THE latchstring at the Gottwald house was out for Doctor Paul Proteus.

You're gonna have to lift the latchstring and take the torch outside a little bit ahead of me, so the bear won't be able to see anything behind it.

I lay there, the room rocking gently around me, and listened to his light footfalls as he moved about in the main room, extinguishing candles and pulling in the latchstring.

The latchstring is always out, and tired prospectors and trail-weary men turn aside from the flowing river or frozen trail to rest there for a space and be warm by her fire.

She put it in the ratty basket she had, along with some rags of laundry, She was very careful going out the door, and left the latchstring inside, so only he could open it.