latchet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of latchet
1300–50; Middle English lachet < Middle French, dialectal variant of lacet. See lace, -et
Example Sentences
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And perhaps, if the deep truth of that symbolism strikes home, he will doff his hat in salutation to a man the latchet of whose shoes he is unworthy to unloose.
From Time Magazine Archive
I will unloose thy shoes' latchet and Lazarus will bring thee drink.
From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie
He started from his reverie as she and the nurse approached, and lifted the latchet of the little wicket to lot them pass.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
To see him thus after five weary years; to be so near him, and yet unable to touch even the latchet of his shoes, or to hear his voice calling my name.
From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie
They were bleeding on the Mountain, the feet that brought good news, The latchet of whose shoes we were not worthy to unloose.
From Poems by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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