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Definition of Latchstring

Latchstring
Latchstring Latch"string`, n. A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door. To find the latchstring out, to meet with hospitality; to be welcome. (Intrusion is prevented by drawing in the latchstring.) [Colloq. U.S.]

Meaning of Latchstring from wikipedia

- Times. June 9, 1910. Retrieved 2010-08-01. Capt. "Jack" Abernathy's latchstring hung out to all comers yesterday at the Hotel Breslin. The friends who...
- in his honor; and, in 1983, he was the fourth recipient of the town's Latchstring Award. In 2017, Portland's Liquid Riot Bottling Company released a beer...
- Hannaford. Grist Mill Park, East Main Street Village Green Park, Main Street Latchstring Park, Main Street and West Elm Street Royal River Park, between East...
- Store The building (closest to the camera) in 2008, looking east from Latchstring Park, when it was still Andy's Handy Store General information Location...
- the age of 23. The Ferrells were the recipients of the town's annual Latchstring Award in 2011. M****achusetts natives Ken and Ellie Arra leased the space...
- Macmillan. p. 73. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1. Emerson, Walter Crane (1916). The Latchstring to Maine Woods and Waters. New York: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 2019359....
- years, serving as its chair in 2006 and 2007. He received the town's "Latchstring Award" in 2014. Winslow was a Past Master of Casco Lodge #36 A. F. &...
- then, between 1959 and 1972, Norton's Texaco gas station. It is now Latchstring Park. After his death in 1811, the family of Dr. William Parsons moved...
- in his honor; and, in 1983, he was the fourth recipient of the town's Latchstring Award. In 2009, Knight joked that he was seen as a "tree lover," but...
- shoemaker Tristram Gilman Cleaves. Two town parks are located on Elm Street: Latchstring Park (the former site of Mitc****'s tavern), on the northern side of...