window-latch

That was the style of the letter, and it ended by imploring me to leave the window-latch open, and to be in the front room at three in the morning, when he would come to receive my last kiss and to bid me farewell.

Beyond the City Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1982

That was Mr. Brunger's discovery after examination of the window-latch where George's knife had marked it, the sill where George's boots had scratched it.

Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

The window-latch is firm, the curtain does not tremble,

A Lesson to My Ghost 1920

It was the work of only a minute to force the window-latch.

The Treasure-Train 1908

To force a window-latch required (if memory served) a long flat-bladed knife -- a kitchen knife; and P. Sybarite happened to have no such implement about him.

The Day of Days An Extravaganza Louis Joseph Vance 1906

Then she heard him fumbling with the window-latch.

The Black Edgar Wallace 1903

As he had his hand on the window-latch he heard a quick step directly behind him.

The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Edward Stratemeyer 1896

"Poultry-farming," laughed Fetherston, as, standing on tiptoe, he examined the window-latch by flashing on the electric torch.

The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime William Le Queux 1895

That was the style of the letter, and it ended by imploring me to leave the window-latch open, and to be in the front room at three in the morning, when he would come to receive my last kiss and to bid me farewell.

Beyond the City Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

That was the style of the letter, and it ended by imploring me to leave the window-latch open, and to be in the front room at three in the morning, when he would come to receive my last kiss and to bid me farewell.

Beyond the City 1893