1736 Canting Dictionary / D / DRAW-Latches [rogue]
Robbers of Houses that were fastened only by Latches.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Draw Latches in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).