sneck drawer
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sneck \Sneck\, n. A door latch. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Sneck band, a latchstring. --Burns.
Sneck drawer, a latch lifter; a bolt drawer; hence, a sly person; a cozener; a cheat; -- called also sneckdraw.
Sneck drawing, lifting the latch. [1913 Webster]