latch n.1
(US) a buckle or breast-pin.
![]() | ‘Flash Lang.’ in Confessions of Thomas Mount 18: Buckles, latches. | |
![]() | Ladies’ Repository (N.Y.) Oct. VIII:37 316/2: Latch, a breast-pin. | |
![]() | N.Y. Amsterdam News 18 Sept. 22: You put down on the streamer issue and pick up on a good latch for the gate to your front yard. |
SE in slang uses
In phrases
(US black) fly buttons or a collar pin.
![]() | Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive 142: Latch for the gate to your front yard — Collar pin. |