latch string

latch string
{n.} 1. A string that opens an old-fashioned door by lifting a small bar. * /The early settlers kept the latch string outside the door when they were working around the house, but at night they pulled it to the inside./ 2. {informal} A warm welcome; a friendly greeting. - Used in such phrases as "the latch string is out." * /Mary has her latch siring out for everyone who comes./ Syn.: WELCOME MAT(2).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • latch string — {n.} 1. A string that opens an old fashioned door by lifting a small bar. * /The early settlers kept the latch string outside the door when they were working around the house, but at night they pulled it to the inside./ 2. {informal} A warm… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • latch\ string — noun 1. A string that opens an old fashioned door by lifting a small bar. The early settlers kept the latch string outside the door when they were working around the house, but at night they pulled it to the inside. 2. informal A warm welcome; a… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • latch|string — …   Useful english dictionary

  • latch-string — …   Useful english dictionary

  • string — See: FIRST STRING, LATCH STRING, ON THE STRING or ON A STRING, PULL STRINGS, PURSE STRINGS, SHOE STRING CATCH, TIED TO ONE S MOTHER S APRON STRINGS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • string — See: FIRST STRING, LATCH STRING, ON THE STRING or ON A STRING, PULL STRINGS, PURSE STRINGS, SHOE STRING CATCH, TIED TO ONE S MOTHER S APRON STRINGS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • string — See: first string, latch string, on the string or on a string, pull strings, purse strings, shoe string catch, tied to one s mother s apron strings …   Словарь американских идиом

  • latch — 1. noun /lætʃ/ a) A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side. The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerch …   Wiktionary

  • latchstring — latch•string [[t]ˈlætʃˌstrɪŋ[/t]] n. a string passed through a hole in a door so that the latch may be raised from the outside • Etymology: 1785–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • latchstring — noun opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside • Hypernyms: ↑opener * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a string on a latch that may be left hanging outside the door to permit the raising of… …   Useful english dictionary

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